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<i>It's true wisdom</i>

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<i>to know how to let go,</i>

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<i>to know how to liberate
yourself and feel free,</i>

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<i>because there's no stronger
feeling in life than freedom.</i>

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<i>Novak is incredibly vulnerable.</i>

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<i>And soft and gentle.</i>

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<i>But he's also angry.
There is the anger in him, too.</i>

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<i>I guess the anger is these
unexpressed emotions</i>

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<i>that he has had to throw
under the carpet.</i>

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<i>He's this playful kid that just
wants to do what he loves</i>

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and he's really good at,
but I don't think

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there was ever a chance
for most of the kids

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of that generation
to play too much.

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<i>Basically, for him,
tennis is a safe nest.</i>

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<i>That's the place
where he finds love.</i>

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<i>I cannot say I feel
content with what I have</i>

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<i>and who I am.</i>

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I am always looking to be more,

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better, faster, stronger.

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<i>Oftentimes I feel
that I am imprisoning myself.</i>

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<i>In order for you to thrive</i>

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<i>and to be at the maximum
of your abilities,</i>

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<i>you have to literally transform</i>

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every part of your life...

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outside of the tennis court

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to be in service
to the tennis court.

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And that has consequences.

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<i>I don't feel like
he's been appreciated</i>

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{\an8}nearly as much as he's worthy of

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{\an8}for what he's brought
to the game of tennis.

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{\an8}<i>Nobody can touch
what he's accomplished.</i>

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{\an8}<i>I mean, it is as clear
as it gets.</i>

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He's the best of all time.

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<i>He's won more Masters
than anybody,</i>

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<i>won more Slams than anybody.</i>

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<i>He's been ranked number one
longer than anybody.</i>

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{\an8}By every measure,
he did what was asked of him.

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<i>But the body's talking.</i>

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<i>Time is talking.</i>

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<i>♪ Everyone ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Everyone around here ♪ ♪</i>

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<i>I have no date in my mind,</i>

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<i>to be honest,
the expiry date of my career.</i>

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{\an8}I know a lot of people
are speculating that,

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{\an8}a lot of people are retiring me
already for many years.

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<i>I said why would you
want to retire me...</i>

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<i>when I'm still playing
and I'm still competing</i>

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<i>at the highest level?</i>

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<i>I'm still top five,
top 10 in the world.</i>

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<i>Why would I talk
about retirement...</i>

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<i>when I keep proving to myself
that I can still win?</i>

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<i>Olympic gold was the one thing
that I did not have.</i>

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<i>To win gold was the ultimate.</i>

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I just had a clear goal.

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<i>The fans in place</i>

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<i>for what should be
a spectacular final</i>

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<i>coming up in the men's singles
gold medal decider.</i>

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<i>It will be Novak Djokovic
who is facing Carlos Alcaraz.</i>

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<i>Novak with those
24 Grand Slam titles.</i>

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{\an8}This was his fifth Olympics.
Twenty years he's been trying

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{\an8}to win Olympic gold for Serbia.

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<i>Twenty years.</i>

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<i>You have only
one chance every four years,</i>

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{\an8}and when you lose that match...

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{\an8}it's very difficult mentally
to accept that.

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<i>"I'm gonna need four more years
to have another chance."</i>

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<i>Carlos Alcaraz has talent</i>

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<i>spilling out his sides.</i>

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<i>He's only 21 years old,
he's already won four majors.</i>

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<i>Going into the Olympics,</i>

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Novak hadn't won
a tournament all year.

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<i>Is this the inflection point?</i>

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Obviously,
Alcaraz is-- is favorite.

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{\an8}But Novak is Novak
when the moment matters.

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<i>Novak Djokovic!</i>

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You could feel, like,
he was not going there

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for the silver medal.

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<i>Give it up, give it up!</i>

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<i>- Come on!</i>
-  <i>And get up!</i>

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<i>And get up!</i>

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<i>It's really tiring
living that stress</i>

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<i>and pressure of having
to always be the best.</i>

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<i>And I kept thinking,
it would be great</i>

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{\an8}if he won the Olympic gold.
Like, that's it.

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{\an8}"I have nothing else to prove
to anyone or to myself."

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<i>And for Novak Djokovic,</i>

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<i>two sets to love.</i>

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<i>Novak Djokovic
gets gold for Serbia!</i>

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<i>I cried because I was so happy.</i>

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<i>That was such a relief.</i>

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<i>And I remember
his coach shouting,</i>

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<i>"Game over!</i>

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He has done it all.
He's done it all!"

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And I'm looking at him like,
"Oh my God,

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we shall see what's next."

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He's like, "No, no,
he's thinking, he's contem--"

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I'm like, "He does that a lot

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"because he likes to play
that game,

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but definitely no out for him."

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How are you feeling?

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It's catching up to me slowly.

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Too many things are happening,

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and so I can't come
to my senses.

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I can't, in some way, see
the big picture in peace.

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I didn't know, I never
won Olympics, so it was--

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for me, it was the highlight
of my career, right?

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Considering all the losses
at previous Olympic Games

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<i>and how I felt, and then
the roller coaster of emotions</i>

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<i>that I've been through.</i>

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<i>And the celebration</i>

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for like seven to ten days
after that.

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Be careful, be careful,
be careful.

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Drive, drive, drive.

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<i>Olympics were
so draining for me,</i>

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<i>as much as they were rewarding</i>

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<i>and beautiful
to experience that,</i>

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<i>and win gold,
and have my family,</i>

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<i>and then go back to Serbia
and celebrate, and all that.</i>

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This is the greatest feeling

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a Serbian athlete can have.

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Thank you again.
Long live Serbia. Let's go!

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<i>When you're at the top,
when you're dominating,</i>

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<i>when you're feeling
like you're the best,</i>

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regardless of your age,
you wanna keep going.

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<i>Novak is determined.</i>

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<i>I think this is his best chance
to win another major.</i>

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<i>Novak Djokovic
gonna have to do it</i>

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<i>the hard way in Melbourne
to win his 25th Grand Slam.</i>

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<i>Number 25 is sitting there</i>

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<i>and he's going for it.</i>

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There are only three ways
to retire in sports.

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The game retires you,

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and these guys who couldn't
hold your jockstrap

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are now beating you.

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Your body retires you.
You wake up one day,

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and your body says,
"We can't do this anymore."

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Or you go out on top.

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Most players
need door number one.

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<i>"Because if none of you chumps
can beat me...</i>

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<i>why would I quit?"</i>

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There's no way on Earth
that Novak Djokovic

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is passing the torch to anybody.

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<i>You gotta take it.</i>

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Everybody's asking him,
"When you're gonna retire,"

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and all of that.

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<i>He definitely has mixed
feelings about his retirement.</i>

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This is the biggest
decision of his life.

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<i>When I started,
I was four, five.</i>

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<i>Grew up on the mountains and
I skied a lot when I was a kid.</i>

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<i>But tennis was...</i>

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...just the dominant sport
inside of my heart.

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{\an8}My dad was a professional skier.

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<i>He was instructor
when he stopped skiing,</i>

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<i>and as instructor,
he met my mom on the ski slope.</i>

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And he approached her,

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and that's where
the-- the love started,

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and they decided to live
in that mountain.

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<i>They opened a restaurant.</i>

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<i>That in summer, they were
building a tennis court</i>

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<i>just next to the restaurant.</i>

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<i>Actually,
the first time they start</i>

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<i>building those courts,</i>

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{\an8}I was here because
of the family's restaurant,

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{\an8}and I was helping the workers,

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{\an8}'cause I was-- you know,
I-- I never heard for tennis.

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Nobody has ever really played
tennis in my family before.

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<i>And they told me that they were
building a tennis court,</i>

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<i>so I asked, what is that?</i>

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And they told me,
"Well, it's a sport.

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It's nice, it's played
with a racket."

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I asked my father,
he knew about it.

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So then, I started
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and I helped the workers.

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I brought them some free drinks
from the restaurant.

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In return, they--
they allowed me

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to help them out.

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<i>We like sports,</i>

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<i>we always watch sports on TV.</i>

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{\an8}So, usually Sports Channel,
and he was watching Wimbledon.

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{\an8}<i>Game, set, match, Agassi!</i>

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<i>He said, "I would like to try.</i>

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<i>I would like one racket."</i>

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<i>So, Father bought him
one small racket.</i>

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{\an8}<i>And he start to play outside,</i>

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{\an8}<i>you know, in front
of our restaurant.</i>

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And then, when he said,
"I want to play,"

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we put him in this camp.

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{\an8} <i>He was playing
some match during the camp.</i>

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I get out and watch him.

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And he was so crying
when he lost.

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I said, "Never mind.

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It's just one match."
"No, I don't want."

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<i>He didn't want to lose.</i>

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Out!

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Jelena Gencic,
she's my "tennis mom,"

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as I like to call her.

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<i>Her influence on me
was very big.</i>

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<i>She was one of the early
coaches of Monica Seles.</i>

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<i>I saw one little boy</i>

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{\an8}just behind the fence, you know,

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{\an8}and watching, watching,
watching all morning.

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And I asked him, "Do you know
what we are doing here?"

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"Yes, I know.
You play tennis."

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"Oh, what's your name?"

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"Novak Djokovic."

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Bravo!

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Jelena, already after

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10 to 15 days said that

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{\an8}in her life she hasn't seen a
greater talent than Novak.

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She even compared him

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to Monica Seles.

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What I like the most about
tennis are the forehand,

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the backhand,
and the volley shots.

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That's how I defeat opponents.

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Then, you start to believe.

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<i>We decided
to give him support.</i>

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<i>The concept of longevity
was introduced by her</i>

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<i>when I was nine, ten years old.</i>

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<i>Take care of your body,</i>

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<i>take care of yourself,
your mind.</i>

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<i>We were learning
about importance</i>

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<i>of listening
to classical music,</i>

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<i>importance of knowing
how to relax,</i>

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<i>knowing how to breathe.</i>

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<i>She said I should approach
tennis in such a way</i>

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<i>that I don't want to have
only one shot at Wimbledon...</i>

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but multiple shots at Wimbledon.

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Is tennis a game or a
responsibility to you?

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Well, tennis is
a responsibility to me.

232
00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:12,096
What is your goal in tennis?

233
00:16:12,097 --> 00:16:14,182
My goal in tennis is
to become a champion.

234
00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:25,401
<i>She took my dad
on the side and she told him,</i>

235
00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:28,278
"Your son is gonna be number one
in the world in the future."

236
00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,990
So, can you imagine my dad
out of nowhere...

237
00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:33,617
listening to that.

238
00:16:33,618 --> 00:16:37,121
And he, in a way, took it
so seriously, my dad,

239
00:16:37,122 --> 00:16:38,747
that he said,
"Okay, I'm gonna take care,

240
00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:41,333
"I'm gonna do everything I can
to-- to allow him,

241
00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,795
give him conditions
so he can flourish."

242
00:16:52,887 --> 00:16:55,264
<i>What happened to us 1999,</i>

243
00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:56,933
<i>entire nation was...</i>

244
00:16:58,059 --> 00:16:59,060
Wow.

245
00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:02,730
<i>Back then,</i>

246
00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:05,399
{\an8}whole world turn against us.

247
00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,322
<i>It was a sound</i>

248
00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:14,241
<i>Yugoslavs had not heard
for real</i>

249
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:16,076
<i>since the Second World War,</i>

250
00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:19,371
<i>and with it a realization
that after months of threats,</i>

251
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,582
<i>NATO was about to strike.</i>

252
00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:25,085
<i>Novak grew up
in an environment</i>

253
00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:28,547
{\an8}where when he was born,
Yugoslavia was as it was.

254
00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:31,759
{\an8}By 1991, when he was,
you know, four years old,

255
00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,386
{\an8}things had basically exploded.

256
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,305
<i>And the war and the breakup</i>

257
00:17:36,306 --> 00:17:37,474
<i>just changed everything.</i>

258
00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:42,352
NATO reacted and bombed Serbia,
bombed Belgrade,

259
00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:44,646
<i>because Kosovo,
they viewed as an incursion</i>

260
00:17:44,647 --> 00:17:46,315
<i>and what Serbians
viewed as a protection</i>

261
00:17:46,316 --> 00:17:47,567
<i>of Serbian property.</i>

262
00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:54,406
<i>For 78 days
going against the civilians,</i>

263
00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,575
shooting at hospitals,

264
00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:59,120
at bridges,
civil infrastructure...

265
00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,457
and saying that they
are like military targets.

266
00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:07,628
<i>At the beginning,
it was a horror story.</i>

267
00:18:07,629 --> 00:18:09,046
<i>You cannot imagine
as a little kid</i>

268
00:18:09,047 --> 00:18:10,590
<i>that something
like that can happen.</i>

269
00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:14,802
<i>During the evenings,
you just hide</i>

270
00:18:14,803 --> 00:18:16,429
<i>in your little home
that we lived in.</i>

271
00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,726
In a corner all together just
praying that nothing happens.

272
00:18:27,816 --> 00:18:31,777
<i>One of those
first nights of the bombing,</i>

273
00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:34,322
our building did not
have a shelter.

274
00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:38,701
<i>So, we had to go
to another building.</i>

275
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,082
<i>We were running towards
that other building.</i>

276
00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:51,004
I-It's a horrifying sight
because this is 2:00, 3:00 a.m.

277
00:18:51,005 --> 00:18:52,297
<i>It was dark.</i>

278
00:18:54,217 --> 00:18:57,553
<i>You see people
running around panicking.</i>

279
00:18:57,554 --> 00:19:00,640
They don't know where to go,
trying to save their lives.

280
00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:04,227
I tripped and I fell.

281
00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:10,440
<i>I saw my family running
40, 50 feet in front of me,</i>

282
00:19:10,441 --> 00:19:11,734
and I tried to scream.

283
00:19:13,236 --> 00:19:15,404
<i>"Help me, help me!"</i>

284
00:19:15,405 --> 00:19:17,240
<i>They didn't hear me.
They kept running.</i>

285
00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:21,535
<i>I turned around
and I looked at our building,</i>

286
00:19:21,536 --> 00:19:25,581
and I saw a plane
dropping two bombs

287
00:19:25,582 --> 00:19:28,125
<i>into a nearby hospital.</i>

288
00:19:31,254 --> 00:19:33,130
Standing in the rain
and darkness

289
00:19:33,131 --> 00:19:34,923
on a bridge that may be bombed,

290
00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:38,511
may be Belgrade's
most genuine show of defiance.

291
00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,431
<i>What these people do
is they stand here</i>

292
00:19:42,432 --> 00:19:44,308
<i>with the target sign
on themselves</i>

293
00:19:44,309 --> 00:19:46,685
or wear one of these
target buttons,

294
00:19:46,686 --> 00:19:49,980
which have become kind of the
new national symbol of Serbia.

295
00:19:49,981 --> 00:19:53,609
<i>And the collective view here
is that, "You can kill us,</i>

296
00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:56,653
but you cannot kill our spirit
or our country."

297
00:19:56,654 --> 00:19:59,365
There's a word in Serbian
called <i>inat.</i>

298
00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:04,161
<i>When people doubt you,</i>

299
00:20:04,162 --> 00:20:08,081
<i>when everyone
is basically against you,</i>

300
00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:10,125
that's when you use that <i>inat,</i>

301
00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:13,504
that force of stubbornness
to prove everybody wrong.

302
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:18,258
<i>And that</i> inat <i>is actually
quite widespread</i>

303
00:20:18,259 --> 00:20:21,054
<i>in the mentality
of Serbian people.</i>

304
00:20:24,098 --> 00:20:26,808
<i>People are saying
"Okay, you can kill me,</i>

305
00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:29,728
but fuck you and your bombs."

306
00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:31,814
And that is <i>inat.</i>

307
00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:44,493
During those times,
they were really challenging

308
00:20:44,494 --> 00:20:45,911
for our country.

309
00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:48,830
Economically,
it was really hard to sustain

310
00:20:48,831 --> 00:20:50,625
the financial demands
on a family...

311
00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:54,586
<i>for probably one of
the most expensive sports</i>

312
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,922
<i>that you could choose.</i>

313
00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:58,507
<i>The whole country
was struggling,</i>

314
00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:00,008
<i>you know, economically.</i>

315
00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:02,594
<i>I mean, people were literally
looking for shelter</i>

316
00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,471
<i>and trying to save their lives
and not thinking</i>

317
00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,474
<i>about tennis
or anything like that.</i>

318
00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,770
It is an expensive sport.

319
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,940
As a family, we earned
a decent income

320
00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:21,196
but our earnings covered just
half of the annual expenses

321
00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:23,074
for his career and development.

322
00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:25,993
And we covered that deficit

323
00:21:25,994 --> 00:21:29,121
by borrowing
from various lenders

324
00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:30,665
who lent us money.

325
00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:34,793
At that time,
when you borrowed money,

326
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,087
most of the times you borrowed
money from very wrong people,

327
00:21:37,088 --> 00:21:39,757
unfortunately,
that were criminals.

328
00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:43,677
<i>So, all of the reserves
that we had,</i>

329
00:21:43,678 --> 00:21:45,430
<i>he was giving
to pay off the debt.</i>

330
00:21:46,597 --> 00:21:48,140
<i>We could have
had a normal life,</i>

331
00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:50,851
a decent life,
buy an apartment or something,

332
00:21:50,852 --> 00:21:54,855
but my dad was completely giving
everything for Novak's career,

333
00:21:54,856 --> 00:21:57,649
<i>and it was quite tough for me
as a younger brother</i>

334
00:21:57,650 --> 00:22:00,278
<i>and-- and Djole
as a younger brother, too.</i>

335
00:22:01,362 --> 00:22:04,698
{\an8}Our family was suffering
quite a bit

336
00:22:04,699 --> 00:22:06,451
{\an8}to have Novak
on the right path.

337
00:22:07,368 --> 00:22:09,037
My parents went all in.

338
00:22:10,204 --> 00:22:12,331
<i>And that was just a gamble.</i>

339
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,335
<i>I was 12,
and Jelena, I remember,</i>

340
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:20,589
<i>was speaking with my parents
and-- and telling them that,</i>

341
00:22:20,590 --> 00:22:22,340
<i>"I can't help you
more than I did."</i>

342
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,802
<i>It's time for me to move
to a different place</i>

343
00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:28,180
<i>with different coach
in Germany,</i>

344
00:22:28,181 --> 00:22:30,348
<i>in Niki Pilic Tennis Academy,</i>

345
00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:32,101
<i>one of the best
tennis academies in Europe.</i>

346
00:22:33,227 --> 00:22:35,145
<i>My father,</i>

347
00:22:35,146 --> 00:22:39,691
<i>he felt that
I was mature enough</i>

348
00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:43,737
<i>to take some of the weight
and responsibilities</i>

349
00:22:43,738 --> 00:22:45,364
<i>that he's been carrying.</i>

350
00:22:46,449 --> 00:22:48,158
So, he sat us all down

351
00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:50,827
and he took out
ten deutschmarks

352
00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:54,372
at that time,
which is equivalent to $10 now,

353
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,625
and he said,
"This is all we got.

354
00:22:56,626 --> 00:22:59,336
"I'm going to do
everything possible

355
00:22:59,337 --> 00:23:01,130
"that you live your dream.

356
00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,550
"But there is one thing
that I ask from you.

357
00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:09,513
"You have to be
100% dedicated to this,

358
00:23:09,514 --> 00:23:12,767
'cause if I see
that you're not, it's done."

359
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:20,857
For me, it was the--
the worst day of my life,

360
00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:23,735
{\an8}I think, and the worst period
while he was there,

361
00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:26,030
{\an8}<i>because we couldn't go
with him.</i>

362
00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:30,200
{\an8} <i>Suddenly, being thrust
into a brand-new world</i>

363
00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:32,202
{\an8}<i>where you don't speak
the language,</i>

364
00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:34,704
{\an8}<i>carrying a load that a boy
should not be having to carry.</i>

365
00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:36,456
{\an8}But I think he was able
to handle it in a way

366
00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:38,416
that most 12-year-olds

367
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:39,751
wouldn't have been able
to handle it.

368
00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:48,510
{\an8} <i>I had to become
more serious, more stern,</i>

369
00:23:48,511 --> 00:23:51,596
more stable, more of a man

370
00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,014
rather than a boy.

371
00:23:53,015 --> 00:23:55,560
I wasn't the Novak
that I was up to that point.

372
00:23:56,727 --> 00:23:58,103
It's not easy

373
00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,354
to leave the family.

374
00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:01,189
13 years old.

375
00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:04,693
{\an8}I find out that Novak
is exceptionally good,

376
00:24:04,694 --> 00:24:07,321
{\an8}exceptionally coachable.

377
00:24:08,698 --> 00:24:10,032
<i>He was talented.</i>

378
00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,160
<i>And his goal is,</i>

379
00:24:13,161 --> 00:24:15,163
"I would like to be number one."

380
00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:17,414
<i>At that point,</i>

381
00:24:17,415 --> 00:24:19,207
<i>everything was quite
clear in my mind.</i>

382
00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:20,876
<i>I knew where I was going,</i>

383
00:24:20,877 --> 00:24:22,669
<i>I knew what I wanted
to achieve.</i>

384
00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:26,381
<i>And so, when I was 15, 16,</i>

385
00:24:26,382 --> 00:24:30,552
is when I really went pro, pro,
so to say, fully dedicated.

386
00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:33,514
<i>But we were still needing
to borrow money.</i>

387
00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:36,057
We are not simply

388
00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:37,642
looking for money
that people give us

389
00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,603
and don't get anything
in return.

390
00:24:39,604 --> 00:24:44,191
Therefore, later, when Novak
becomes a professional player

391
00:24:44,192 --> 00:24:45,984
and when he starts
getting good results

392
00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:50,447
from prize money and
all the sponsor contracts

393
00:24:50,448 --> 00:24:52,449
they will earn
what they invested in him

394
00:24:52,450 --> 00:24:54,367
and a percentage
on top of that.

395
00:24:54,368 --> 00:24:56,119
I will play a few more

396
00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,871
junior tournaments

397
00:24:57,872 --> 00:25:00,458
which will mostly be
Grand Slams,

398
00:25:01,334 --> 00:25:05,671
but I am concentrating on
the professional competitions.

399
00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:14,095
<i>Tennis,
for years, has really thrived</i>

400
00:25:14,096 --> 00:25:15,640
<i>in these binary worlds.</i>

401
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,476
<i>Laver-Rosewall.</i>

402
00:25:19,477 --> 00:25:21,228
<i>Borg-McEnroe.</i>

403
00:25:21,229 --> 00:25:22,855
<i>Sampras-Agassi.</i>

404
00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:28,860
{\an8}The heirs to all of that
are Federer and Nadal.

405
00:25:35,993 --> 00:25:37,953
<i>Federer and Nadal,</i>

406
00:25:37,954 --> 00:25:41,164
<i>two players that have
big contrast in styles.</i>

407
00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:46,003
<i>Nadal has an incredible
bull-like energy.</i>

408
00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:49,714
{\an8}<i>Tenacity, intensity.</i>

409
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:52,468
<i>Federer has elegance...</i>

410
00:25:53,427 --> 00:25:56,138
<i>style, charisma.</i>

411
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:03,187
It was a perfect kind
of Hollywood script.

412
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:10,402
<i>Most of the Grand Slam finals,
they were facing each other.</i>

413
00:26:10,403 --> 00:26:12,363
<i>They were number one
and two for years.</i>

414
00:26:15,157 --> 00:26:17,451
Oh!

415
00:26:25,418 --> 00:26:27,294
<i>People in tennis
like that world.</i>

416
00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:28,713
<i>It's easy, it's simple.</i>

417
00:26:29,672 --> 00:26:31,589
It's Ali-Frazier.

418
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:34,593
And then, this guy
comes along from Serbia.

419
00:26:36,304 --> 00:26:39,598
{\an8} <i>Novak Djokovic
of Serbia and Montenegro.</i>

420
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,643
{\an8}<i>Could be a few butterflies
in his tummy.</i>

421
00:26:47,189 --> 00:26:50,650
<i>Novak Djokovic makes his entry
onto Rod Laver Arena</i>

422
00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:53,487
<i>at just 17 years of age.
What a moment for him.</i>

423
00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,078
<i>He was young.</i>

424
00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:07,668
<i>I'm not really sure how serious
he is about all of this.</i>

425
00:27:13,716 --> 00:27:15,926
{\an8}He would do the imitations
of other players.

426
00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:18,970
<i>You know,
whether it was my brother.</i>

427
00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:21,307
It was wide!

428
00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:23,725
<i>It was Sharapova,</i>

429
00:27:23,726 --> 00:27:25,311
<i>he did a great imitation
of her.</i>

430
00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:31,733
<i>Having fun
doing impersonations,</i>

431
00:27:31,734 --> 00:27:34,652
you know, some people like
that funny side of me

432
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,571
that was bringing
the kind of good laughs

433
00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:37,740
and good energy on the court.

434
00:27:43,746 --> 00:27:47,166
<i>Tennis is an
incredibly hierarchical place.</i>

435
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:52,253
<i>It wasn't considered
by certain people</i>

436
00:27:52,254 --> 00:27:56,424
<i>that appropriate for someone
who hadn't won so much</i>

437
00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,594
to be making fun
of people who had.

438
00:28:00,805 --> 00:28:04,724
<i>I think tennis
has adopted a certain style</i>

439
00:28:04,725 --> 00:28:06,435
<i>ever since the beginning.</i>

440
00:28:07,812 --> 00:28:11,482
<i>Elite, lavish, expensive.</i>

441
00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:14,234
That's just-- pfft.

442
00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:18,405
<i>You need to be elegant
and sophisticated</i>

443
00:28:18,406 --> 00:28:21,534
<i>to play the game, and you need
to be the chosen one.</i>

444
00:28:22,993 --> 00:28:24,912
Novak was not the chosen one.

445
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,998
That's, uh...

446
00:28:28,999 --> 00:28:30,166
I know this one.

447
00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:31,334
That's you, I believe.

448
00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:32,628
I know this one.

449
00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:36,214
<i>He's a jokester,
but he also had</i>

450
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,426
this incredible intensity
about him.

451
00:28:41,345 --> 00:28:43,888
<i>When I came on the tour,
I didn't care about Federer,</i>

452
00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:46,224
<i>Nadal, or anyone else.</i>

453
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,018
<i>I just had a clear goal.</i>

454
00:28:48,853 --> 00:28:50,353
<i>In my mind,
I wanna be number one.</i>

455
00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:52,313
<i>I want to win Wimbledon.</i>

456
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:53,982
I wanna make history
of this sport.

457
00:28:53,983 --> 00:28:56,526
Everybody thinks,
you know, Nadal.

458
00:28:56,527 --> 00:28:59,070
For sure, he's the best
on-- on this surface,

459
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,573
but he's not unbeatable,
that's for sure.

460
00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:02,824
He's a little brash.

461
00:29:02,825 --> 00:29:05,201
I think I-- I could win today.

462
00:29:05,202 --> 00:29:08,037
You know, I have to say
that even though he's the best

463
00:29:08,038 --> 00:29:09,747
and everybody thinks
that he's unbeatable,

464
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,333
I-- I say he's not unbeatable,
he's beatable.

465
00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:14,335
Are you kidding me?

466
00:29:14,336 --> 00:29:16,671
Djokovic, do you need
some smelling salts?

467
00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:18,673
Do you-- you wanna incite Rafa?

468
00:29:18,674 --> 00:29:20,300
I think the next time
he plays you,

469
00:29:20,301 --> 00:29:22,010
he is gonna drop
the hammer on you.

470
00:29:22,011 --> 00:29:24,012
You will never forget
saying that.

471
00:29:24,013 --> 00:29:28,184
Here's a guy who sort of looks
and acts and feels different.

472
00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:32,104
{\an8}<i>But, outrageous talent.</i>

473
00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:41,279
Game and first set, Djokovic.

474
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,074
Novak quickly started
establishing himself...

475
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:47,368
<i>as one of the greatest
defensive players</i>

476
00:29:47,369 --> 00:29:48,746
<i>that the game has seen.</i>

477
00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:52,832
He could just put the wall down

478
00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:55,460
and wait for you to implode.

479
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,879
{\an8}<i>- But he could transition</i>

480
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,215
{\an8}<i>from defense to offense</i>

481
00:30:00,216 --> 00:30:03,052
{\an8}<i>probably better than anybody
that's ever played.</i>

482
00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,349
<i>It would just demoralize you.</i>

483
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:12,520
{\an8} <i>He's arguably
the best mover I've ever seen.</i>

484
00:30:17,107 --> 00:30:20,486
{\an8}<i>He's got incredible feet,
he's got incredible stretch.</i>

485
00:30:21,779 --> 00:30:23,738
{\an8}Incredible athletic ability.

486
00:30:23,739 --> 00:30:25,616
{\an8}I mean, I've never seen
anything like it.

487
00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:29,619
What's it like to play Novak?

488
00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,204
{\an8}Difficult.

489
00:30:31,205 --> 00:30:32,414
{\an8}Intense.

490
00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:36,918
{\an8}<i>I felt always that
I needed to be at my 100%</i>

491
00:30:36,919 --> 00:30:38,920
{\an8}<i>playing so well
to have real chances.</i>

492
00:30:38,921 --> 00:30:40,547
<i>Game, Djokovic.</i>

493
00:30:40,548 --> 00:30:43,634
<i>A lot of times
it will not be enough.</i>

494
00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:48,388
This is a masterclass

495
00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:50,224
from Novak Djokovic.

496
00:30:51,225 --> 00:30:55,479
Very seldom do you see
Nadal so outmaneuvered.

497
00:30:58,357 --> 00:30:59,566
<i>He's done it!</i>

498
00:30:59,567 --> 00:31:01,402
<i>Game, set, match, Djokovic.</i>

499
00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:07,532
<i>The tennis
was of the very highest order.</i>

500
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,951
<i>Perhaps, that's
what he needed to do</i>

501
00:31:09,952 --> 00:31:11,787
<i>to be able to beat Nadal.</i>

502
00:31:13,247 --> 00:31:15,207
<i>He had some great matches.</i>

503
00:31:16,709 --> 00:31:19,211
But he was also
a little bit fragile.

504
00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:25,342
<i>Well, he's slumped
in the chair, Djokovic.</i>

505
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,763
You know, like the MO
on Novak was,

506
00:31:30,764 --> 00:31:33,474
oh, if it's hot
or if it's a long match,

507
00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:34,852
he could wilt.

508
00:31:35,144 --> 00:31:36,978
<i>Well, I think
what's happening, boys, here,</i>

509
00:31:36,979 --> 00:31:38,396
<i>is that Novak wants to go</i>

510
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:40,440
<i>to the-- to the toilets
to throw up.</i>

511
00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:42,734
He's taking a medical
because he's feeling unwell,

512
00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:44,403
so he needs to throw up.

513
00:31:47,865 --> 00:31:50,074
{\an8} <i>Bathroom breaks,
medical breaks.</i>

514
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:52,285
<i>Ladies and
gentlemen, Mr. Djokovic</i>

515
00:31:52,286 --> 00:31:53,996
<i>is now receiving
a medical timeout.</i>

516
00:31:55,873 --> 00:31:57,749
{\an8} <i>Frankly, Novak,
first couple years,</i>

517
00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,710
was viewed as somebody
who engaged in gamesmanship.

518
00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:08,344
{\an8}<i>The other players didn't like
his way of going about it.</i>

519
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:13,014
<i>When asked
about his injuries today,</i>

520
00:32:13,015 --> 00:32:14,932
{\an8}you know,
mentioning the right ankle

521
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,684
{\an8}as opposed to the left ankle
the other day.

522
00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:18,686
{\an8}- Yeah, no, both of 'em?
- Yeah, both of 'em.

523
00:32:18,687 --> 00:32:20,146
{\an8}Yeah, and a back?

524
00:32:20,147 --> 00:32:21,606
{\an8}-  And the back.
- And a hip.

525
00:32:21,607 --> 00:32:23,441
{\an8}And what-- when he said
there are too many to count.

526
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,902
{\an8}- And a cramp.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

527
00:32:25,903 --> 00:32:27,862
{\an8}Do you get the sense
right now that he is--

528
00:32:27,863 --> 00:32:30,365
{\an8}- Bird flu.
- Yeah, a lot of things.

529
00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:32,492
{\an8}- Yeah. Yeah.
- Beijing Hangover. Yeah.

530
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:34,035
{\an8} I mean, he's got
a pretty long list

531
00:32:34,036 --> 00:32:35,870
{\an8}- of ailments.
- Anthrax.

532
00:32:35,871 --> 00:32:37,372
{\an8}SARS.

533
00:32:37,373 --> 00:32:39,207
You know, you--
this crowd loves you.

534
00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:41,668
You could turn 'em
against you real fast, you know.

535
00:32:41,669 --> 00:32:43,378
Well, I know they're already
against me

536
00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:46,090
because they think I'm faking
everything, so, sorry.

537
00:32:47,257 --> 00:32:49,175
His stamina wasn't the best.

538
00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:51,678
So, he was very
frustrated about it,

539
00:32:51,679 --> 00:32:53,972
and he was trying to figure out
how to resolve that.

540
00:33:02,231 --> 00:33:03,523
Yeah!

541
00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:09,654
<i>In 2010, I lost</i>

542
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:12,533
<i>in the quarters of French Open.</i>

543
00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:19,372
<i>I went to my coach's hotel room
and I broke down in tears</i>

544
00:33:19,373 --> 00:33:22,167
<i>and I said, I don't know
if I have what it takes.</i>

545
00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:28,798
<i>I dreamed and I planned
always to be number one,</i>

546
00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:30,509
<i>to win multiple Slams.</i>

547
00:33:34,263 --> 00:33:36,556
<i>But I could not
solve the riddle</i>

548
00:33:36,557 --> 00:33:38,099
<i>of Federer, Nadal
on a big stage.</i>

549
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:40,143
<i>I was just losing to these guys</i>

550
00:33:40,144 --> 00:33:41,603
<i>most of the matches
that we played.</i>

551
00:33:42,563 --> 00:33:44,773
A lot of things had to be fixed.

552
00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:49,193
<i>I mean,
at that time he was quite young</i>

553
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:52,322
<i>and he was really mature
for his age.</i>

554
00:33:53,490 --> 00:33:56,117
<i>One of the first things
he said,</i>

555
00:33:56,118 --> 00:33:58,035
{\an8}"You work on my fitness,

556
00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:01,914
{\an8}"but I want to be
absolutely okay

557
00:34:01,915 --> 00:34:03,667
{\an8}and fit when I'm 40 years old."

558
00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:09,380
When I met him, I realized that
I never met someone like him.

559
00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,382
Never ever.

560
00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:16,137
<i>All different aspects
of his health,</i>

561
00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:18,098
<i>he was trying to fine-tune.</i>

562
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,771
<i>I made some corrections
in the way I train,</i>

563
00:34:24,772 --> 00:34:28,024
<i>the way I think,
the way I eat,</i>

564
00:34:28,025 --> 00:34:30,152
<i>sleep, recover, hydrate.</i>

565
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,279
It all added up.

566
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:35,072
<i>To me,
the most fascinating part</i>

567
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,452
{\an8}<i>was to see him continue
to develop his game.</i>

568
00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:42,789
{\an8}<i>His serve got better.
His net game got better.</i>

569
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:45,709
{\an8}<i>His ability to accelerate
the forehand got better.</i>

570
00:34:47,336 --> 00:34:50,964
Every obstacle that came
his way, it got him stronger.

571
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,927
The kid who wilted became
the guy with the iron will.

572
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:09,565
<i>It was the Rafa
and Roger show.</i>

573
00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:12,194
<i>And then, you had this younger
player from Serbia...</i>

574
00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:15,196
{\an8}bothering them,
starting to beat them,

575
00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:16,615
{\an8}starting to win the majors.

576
00:35:17,991 --> 00:35:20,536
<i>And that was surprising
to many people.</i>

577
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,497
Including myself.

578
00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:27,124
<i>I kind of broke
into this rivalry</i>

579
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,336
saying that I feel like there
is room for another one.

580
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,798
You know,
table for three, please.

581
00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:36,134
<i>He had one major in 2010.</i>

582
00:35:37,219 --> 00:35:39,054
<i>So, it wasn't like
he wasn't a good player.</i>

583
00:35:43,183 --> 00:35:45,434
{\an8}

584
00:35:45,435 --> 00:35:47,478
{\an8}<i>For the second time,</i>

585
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:50,147
{\an8}<i>Novak Djokovic
ascends the mountain</i>

586
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:52,192
<i>and reaches the summit
in Melbourne.</i>

587
00:35:56,989 --> 00:36:00,199
{\an8} <i>There's a new
champion at Wimbledon!</i>

588
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,327
{\an8}<i>-Novak Djokovic!</i>

589
00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:04,704
<i>Since I was 10 years old,</i>

590
00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:07,040
<i>I dreamed always
to win Wimbledon.</i>

591
00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:11,586
<i>Being able to share the joy,</i>

592
00:36:11,587 --> 00:36:13,254
<i>it was the childhood dream.</i>

593
00:36:17,718 --> 00:36:20,803
I must see this trophy.

594
00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:27,269
It's a long time
we worked together.

595
00:36:28,645 --> 00:36:30,938
<i>I always wanted to do this.</i>

596
00:36:30,939 --> 00:36:33,983
- Her trophies, and--
- And your trophy.

597
00:36:33,984 --> 00:36:36,193
But not any trophy.

598
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,281
The one.
The one is here.

599
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:42,868
<i>After that first
Wimbledon championship...</i>

600
00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:46,120
he realized
that he had another gear.

601
00:36:52,878 --> 00:36:54,295
{\an8}<i>I know exactly the moment,</i>

602
00:36:54,296 --> 00:36:55,422
{\an8}<i>I know exactly the point.</i>

603
00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:58,842
It was in the semifinals
of the US Open.

604
00:37:00,177 --> 00:37:02,846
{\an8}<i>Roger Federer is serving
for the match.</i>

605
00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:05,806
{\an8}<i>Novak, his strength</i>

606
00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:07,975
{\an8}<i>is mental strength.</i>

607
00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:11,355
{\an8}He can really sustain
most of the pressure...

608
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:13,981
{\an8}at the most important moment.

609
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,326
{\an8}Djokovic hit an outrageous
cross-court return.

610
00:37:25,327 --> 00:37:28,330
{\an8}<i>That was gorgeous!</i>

611
00:37:30,332 --> 00:37:32,709
{\an8} <i>The shot
that we all talk about...</i>

612
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:37,338
{\an8}<i>means nothing if Roger
wins the next point.</i>

613
00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:39,256
{\an8}<i>It's 40-15.</i>

614
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:42,677
{\an8}5-3, 5th set, 40-15.

615
00:37:42,678 --> 00:37:45,137
So, not only does Novak
make the shot,

616
00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:47,140
<i>Roger doesn't win another game.</i>

617
00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:58,567
<i>Here's Novak Djokovic,</i>

618
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:01,822
<i>the guy who's not tough enough
to finish a match.</i>

619
00:38:02,698 --> 00:38:04,324
<i>And then suddenly,
he's at the top.</i>

620
00:38:05,492 --> 00:38:06,827
This changes everything.

621
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,539
<i>In some ways you would think,</i>

622
00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:14,208
<i>oh, that's amazing
for the sport.</i>

623
00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:17,837
{\an8}<i>They have three headliners
going into a tournament.</i>

624
00:38:17,838 --> 00:38:20,715
But for a number
of different reasons,

625
00:38:20,716 --> 00:38:22,926
uh, it's not quite
accepted that way.

626
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:27,930
<i>And Novak is kind of looked at</i>

627
00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,517
<i>as a party crasher.</i>

628
00:38:39,109 --> 00:38:42,154
<i>It's Djokovic
who claims this classic!</i>

629
00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:45,614
<i>6-4 in the fifth.</i>

630
00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:47,742
<i>He's the one
coming in to mess up</i>

631
00:38:47,743 --> 00:38:51,079
<i>this perfect buddy flick
that tennis has become.</i>

632
00:38:52,122 --> 00:38:54,915
<i>But once he becomes
a great player at their level,</i>

633
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:57,209
once he's in 2015, 2016, 2017,

634
00:38:57,210 --> 00:38:59,003
it's now a three-person race

635
00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:01,423
{\an8}<i>to 30 majors, or whatever
that number was gonna be.</i>

636
00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,176
<i>Djokovic wins again!</i>

637
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,305
<i>Novak's goal is to win titles.</i>

638
00:39:09,306 --> 00:39:12,641
{\an8}He's not just here,
he's winning, he's winning fast.

639
00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:15,352
{\an8}<i>Novak's goal is to pass Roger.</i>

640
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,522
<i>And he does.</i>

641
00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:22,526
<i>But Roger set a new standard
for the men.</i>

642
00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:26,280
How does a champion
carry themselves?

643
00:39:26,281 --> 00:39:29,950
<i>You had to walk around and not
have a speck of dust on you.</i>

644
00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:31,703
<i>You weren't allowed
to have a temper.</i>

645
00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:36,832
And Novak is a volcano.

646
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:40,544
<i>Jeu, Nadal.</i>

647
00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:50,262
Unsportsmanlike conduct.

648
00:39:50,263 --> 00:39:52,099
Warning, Mr. Djokovic.

649
00:39:52,808 --> 00:39:55,309
<i>Rafa is not somebody
who breaks rackets.</i>

650
00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:59,063
<i>He's composed, he sort of keeps
his feelings inside.</i>

651
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:01,399
But with Novak,
you're gonna hear about it.

652
00:40:09,241 --> 00:40:10,991
Whoa!

653
00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:12,827
The racket has been melted.

654
00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:17,498
<i>It's so much tension,</i>

655
00:40:17,499 --> 00:40:19,125
<i>so much emotions.</i>

656
00:40:19,126 --> 00:40:20,501
<i>He wants to win.</i>

657
00:40:20,502 --> 00:40:22,586
{\an8}And in the end,

658
00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,339
{\an8}he can yell and scream,
I don't care.

659
00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:27,175
<i>Do whatever you want,
just win the match.</i>

660
00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:33,806
{\an8} What's it been like
to be something of a bad guy

661
00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:36,726
{\an8}chasing after Roger and Rafa
all these years?

662
00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:40,938
{\an8}I don't consider myself
a bad guy,

663
00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:42,523
{\an8}but I mean, it's your opinion.

664
00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:45,109
{\an8}But, uh, I'm not
chasing anybody.

665
00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:49,155
{\an8}I'm making my own path
and my own journey,

666
00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:51,867
{\an8}and, you know,
my own histories.

667
00:40:52,868 --> 00:40:55,244
<i>Tennis is still a place
where I-- I feel</i>

668
00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:57,872
probably most comfortable,
to be honest with you.

669
00:40:57,873 --> 00:41:00,416
Tennis court
was a sanctuary for me.

670
00:41:00,417 --> 00:41:03,502
Because a lot of the things
that we are feeling today

671
00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:06,463
are very much connected
to the traumas

672
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:09,593
that we experienced
when we were kids.

673
00:41:11,887 --> 00:41:13,804
{\an8}<i>Particularly those years
where, you know,</i>

674
00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:16,182
{\an8}<i>there were problems everywhere.</i>

675
00:41:16,183 --> 00:41:18,602
{\an8}<i>Maturing very quickly.</i>

676
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:23,565
{\an8}<i>I had to be kind of a parent
at 13 years old.</i>

677
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,736
<i>I wasn't able anymore
to express my feelings,</i>

678
00:41:28,737 --> 00:41:31,739
and I was a kid, I mean...

679
00:41:31,740 --> 00:41:35,242
You know, I should be
expressing everything,

680
00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:38,454
you know, the joy,
the fear, the frustration,

681
00:41:38,455 --> 00:41:40,414
the anger, the... anything.

682
00:41:40,415 --> 00:41:42,334
But I was...

683
00:41:43,335 --> 00:41:45,044
{\an8} <i>And it's all
become a bit too much</i>

684
00:41:45,045 --> 00:41:46,545
{\an8}<i>for Djokovic to handle.</i>

685
00:41:46,546 --> 00:41:48,380
{\an8}<i>He's furious.</i>

686
00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:51,217
{\an8}<i>The court was a place</i>

687
00:41:51,218 --> 00:41:53,803
<i>where I could really get
all of these things out.</i>

688
00:41:55,138 --> 00:41:58,349
But I do understand why,
you know,

689
00:41:58,350 --> 00:42:01,685
people didn't really like me,

690
00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:04,021
uh, or maybe
still don't like me.

691
00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:09,568
<i>When I coached him,</i>

692
00:42:09,569 --> 00:42:13,698
<i>I really lifted up the hood
of what makes him tick.</i>

693
00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:17,993
{\an8}He wants to be kind.

694
00:42:17,994 --> 00:42:20,704
{\an8}He wants to care.

695
00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:24,750
He wants to be open.
He wants to receive.

696
00:42:24,751 --> 00:42:26,461
But he can't win...

697
00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:31,173
when he allows his heart
to go there.

698
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:38,264
<i>I was surprised how dark
he needed to feel</i>

699
00:42:38,265 --> 00:42:40,599
<i>to get the most out of himself.</i>

700
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,478
<i>♪ On the street,
I'm a king-sized killer ♪</i>

701
00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:46,897
<i>♪ I can make your...</i>

702
00:42:46,898 --> 00:42:48,607
<i>For Novak to do his job,</i>

703
00:42:48,608 --> 00:42:50,818
he needed fear or anger,

704
00:42:50,819 --> 00:42:54,822
{\an8}<i>because with love
or appreciation,</i>

705
00:42:54,823 --> 00:42:56,907
{\an8}<i>-he lost his fangs.</i>

706
00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:59,327
{\an8}<i>♪ What are you looking at? ♪</i>

707
00:43:00,328 --> 00:43:03,331
<i>♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪</i>

708
00:43:04,374 --> 00:43:08,043
That's definitely a factor
that motivates me, yeah.

709
00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:10,546
<i>Oh-ho,
look at him, look at him!</i>

710
00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:13,173
If the the crowd starts
going against me,

711
00:43:13,174 --> 00:43:17,052
<i>I do use that to awaken
that warrior inside of me.</i>

712
00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:20,849
It's called <i>inat.</i>

713
00:43:22,892 --> 00:43:27,396
<i>♪ Lover, nail yourself
right to me ♪</i>

714
00:43:27,397 --> 00:43:29,106
<i>♪ If you go...</i>

715
00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:31,317
<i>It's embedded in our culture.</i>

716
00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:35,404
We have this stubbornness
in spite of whatever people say.

717
00:43:35,405 --> 00:43:39,408
So, in spite of crowds
cheering against him,

718
00:43:39,409 --> 00:43:41,285
he showed up
with his best game

719
00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:42,871
and still managed to win.

720
00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:45,789
<i>And to all those people
that have chosen</i>

721
00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:47,291
<i>to disrespect me,</i>

722
00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:50,044
have a goooood night.

723
00:43:52,339 --> 00:43:54,382
<i>♪ Like what are you
looking at? ♪</i>

724
00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:58,303
<i>♪ Well, who the hell
do you think I am ♪</i>

725
00:44:04,726 --> 00:44:06,769
When you look
at Novak Djokovic,

726
00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:09,063
you can see when the fans
are booing him,

727
00:44:09,064 --> 00:44:11,148
<i>when they're giving him
that feeling</i>

728
00:44:11,149 --> 00:44:12,900
<i>of being the villain,</i>

729
00:44:12,901 --> 00:44:15,652
even though he's the champion,
which we don't do to champions.

730
00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:17,614
<i>We don't make champions
villains very often.</i>

731
00:44:18,823 --> 00:44:22,409
His response
is to kick everybody's ass.

732
00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:25,872
<i>♪ I stopped cracking up ♪</i>

733
00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:37,425
<i>♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪</i>

734
00:44:42,305 --> 00:44:44,264
{\an8}Novak plays best
in a slight state of agitation.

735
00:44:46,476 --> 00:44:48,310
So, there might be one fan

736
00:44:48,311 --> 00:44:50,020
who says something
that he doesn't like,

737
00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:53,107
<i>and he will make a point
to win the match.</i>

738
00:44:53,108 --> 00:44:55,776
And instead of turning
to his team and celebrating,

739
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:59,030
turn and point at the agitators
in the stands.

740
00:45:00,698 --> 00:45:02,366
<i>♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪</i>

741
00:45:02,367 --> 00:45:04,451
<i>♪ Nail yourself right to me ♪</i>

742
00:45:04,452 --> 00:45:06,578
<i>♪ Like you've never seen
a broken man ♪</i>

743
00:45:06,579 --> 00:45:08,872
<i>♪ I won't be well ♪</i>

744
00:45:08,873 --> 00:45:11,417
<i>♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪</i>

745
00:45:11,418 --> 00:45:13,377
<i>♪ My arms wide open ♪</i>

746
00:45:13,378 --> 00:45:15,212
<i>♪ Like you've never seen
a broken man ♪</i>

747
00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:18,173
<i>♪ I need you
to drive the nail ♪</i>

748
00:45:18,174 --> 00:45:22,052
<i>♪ What are you looking at?
What are you looking at? ♪</i>

749
00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:23,972
<i>♪ What are you looking at? ♪</i>

750
00:45:25,598 --> 00:45:28,517
<i>♪ Hey, what are you
looking at? ♪</i>

751
00:45:28,518 --> 00:45:32,688
<i>♪ What are you looking at?
What are you looking at? ♪</i>

752
00:45:32,689 --> 00:45:35,357
{\an8}<i>Twenty-four and counting.</i>

753
00:45:35,358 --> 00:45:37,986
{\an8}<i>Twenty-four,
and he still wants more.</i>

754
00:45:39,446 --> 00:45:40,697
{\an8}<i>♪ Hey ♪</i>

755
00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:57,838
<i>Tennis and the draw</i>

756
00:45:57,839 --> 00:45:59,089
<i>for the Australian Open
has been made...</i>

757
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:00,716
<i>Djokovic will have to beat</i>

758
00:46:00,717 --> 00:46:02,968
<i>not only Carlos Alcaraz
in the quarterfinals,</i>

759
00:46:02,969 --> 00:46:04,803
<i>but the number-two seed
Alexander Zverev</i>

760
00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:06,847
<i>in the semifinals,
and then Jannik Sinner,</i>

761
00:46:06,848 --> 00:46:08,683
<i>the one seed in the finals...</i>

762
00:46:11,686 --> 00:46:14,605
<i>I think in any sport,
while you're on the top,</i>

763
00:46:14,606 --> 00:46:17,357
<i>when you manage to reach
all your dreams,</i>

764
00:46:17,358 --> 00:46:20,486
how do you expand your ability

765
00:46:20,487 --> 00:46:24,573
<i>to master all of the obstacles</i>

766
00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:27,327
<i>and challenges that you
have to face every day.</i>

767
00:46:31,372 --> 00:46:32,789
First of all, we're doing

768
00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:34,124
fun facts about the players.

769
00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:35,751
In your case,
I would like to say

770
00:46:35,752 --> 00:46:38,086
Novak Djokovic
speaks seven languages.

771
00:46:38,087 --> 00:46:40,797
Novak Djokovic speaks
seven languages.

772
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:42,591
Oh, sorry, you gotta
walk with me.

773
00:46:47,514 --> 00:46:49,264
All the demands,
all the requirements,

774
00:46:49,265 --> 00:46:51,141
all the people,
the media, everything,

775
00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:53,353
<i>all the pressures
and expectations.</i>

776
00:46:55,396 --> 00:46:57,147
<i>The times I've been around him,</i>

777
00:46:57,148 --> 00:46:59,233
<i>it's hard to get him
anywhere on time,</i>

778
00:46:59,234 --> 00:47:03,655
<i>because he always
has time for anybody.</i>

779
00:47:05,782 --> 00:47:07,658
Would you like a photo?

780
00:47:07,659 --> 00:47:09,786
Camera. Mm-hmm.

781
00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:15,874
<i>He cares,
he listens, he processes.</i>

782
00:47:15,875 --> 00:47:17,543
He's interested.

783
00:47:19,504 --> 00:47:21,171
<i>All the things that
go through your mind</i>

784
00:47:21,172 --> 00:47:22,381
<i>on a daily basis,</i>

785
00:47:22,382 --> 00:47:23,924
<i>how do you
maintain the private</i>

786
00:47:23,925 --> 00:47:25,677
<i>versus professional
life balance?</i>

787
00:47:27,053 --> 00:47:28,471
Can you juggle for me, Novak?

788
00:47:30,431 --> 00:47:31,974
You have kids,
you have your wife,

789
00:47:31,975 --> 00:47:34,142
you have siblings,
you have your parents.

790
00:47:34,143 --> 00:47:35,644
You're getting close to the age

791
00:47:35,645 --> 00:47:36,937
where you need to lie about your
age for different reasons.

792
00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:40,149
They have expectations from you.

793
00:47:40,984 --> 00:47:42,818
Blessings
to the people of India.

794
00:47:42,819 --> 00:47:44,653
<i>They, of course,
support you, love you,</i>

795
00:47:44,654 --> 00:47:46,446
but they're your closest people
in your life,

796
00:47:46,447 --> 00:47:50,242
so you have to be there,
available to them, for them.

797
00:47:50,243 --> 00:47:51,994
-  Thank you, Mark.
-  Have a nice day.

798
00:47:51,995 --> 00:47:54,162
Thank you. Bye-bye.

799
00:47:54,163 --> 00:47:55,789
<i>So, I'm kind of in between,</i>

800
00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:58,209
many times feeling
torn apart emotionally.

801
00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:17,185
<i>He definitely has</i>

802
00:48:17,186 --> 00:48:19,187
<i>mixed feelings about
his retirement.</i>

803
00:48:19,188 --> 00:48:20,897
One side of him is excited

804
00:48:20,898 --> 00:48:23,483
because there's so much
to do in this world.

805
00:48:23,484 --> 00:48:25,444
<i>And then, there's like,</i>

806
00:48:25,445 --> 00:48:27,613
<i>"Hey, but I love
what I've achieved.</i>

807
00:48:27,614 --> 00:48:30,907
<i>"I feel like I can push longer.
Should I?</i>

808
00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:33,870
Because this might not be
the best thing for my family."

809
00:48:34,996 --> 00:48:37,205
<i>Now, I'm enabling him</i>

810
00:48:37,206 --> 00:48:39,750
<i>with having us around.</i>

811
00:48:39,751 --> 00:48:43,170
Like, I'm trying to balance it,
but he will find his way out.

812
00:48:43,171 --> 00:48:45,672
I don't want to be the one
telling him how.

813
00:48:45,673 --> 00:48:48,426
Mm-mm.
That's not gonna be on me.

814
00:48:52,347 --> 00:48:55,432
<i>I don't know when
the end will come for Novak,</i>

815
00:48:55,433 --> 00:48:58,560
but the one thing I can say
is that the end,

816
00:48:58,561 --> 00:49:01,105
when it does come,
always comes fast.

817
00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:06,777
<i>I would hope for him
that he doesn't wait too long,</i>

818
00:49:06,778 --> 00:49:08,613
<i>not because
he can't win anymore.</i>

819
00:49:09,447 --> 00:49:12,825
<i>But because tennis
takes your childhood.</i>

820
00:49:13,785 --> 00:49:17,746
But then, it gives you a chance
to be done with your success

821
00:49:17,747 --> 00:49:19,873
so that you can
raise your children

822
00:49:19,874 --> 00:49:22,377
without the preoccupations.

823
00:49:24,504 --> 00:49:26,089
Drop shot, ah!

824
00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,517
<i>I think he's
the happiest with our kids.</i>

825
00:49:38,768 --> 00:49:40,894
He just enjoys being a father,

826
00:49:40,895 --> 00:49:43,480
and when he's
in a father's role,

827
00:49:43,481 --> 00:49:44,982
he's very playful.

828
00:49:51,948 --> 00:49:56,451
<i>Our son Stefan awakens
the child in him on the court.</i>

829
00:50:00,415 --> 00:50:02,165
But also, he has a daughter.

830
00:50:03,751 --> 00:50:06,713
The violin is for his daughter.

831
00:50:07,547 --> 00:50:09,047
Why are people booing?

832
00:50:09,048 --> 00:50:10,758
I have no idea.

833
00:50:11,426 --> 00:50:14,094
Because they think that he is
making fun of them,

834
00:50:14,095 --> 00:50:15,387
but he's not.

835
00:50:15,388 --> 00:50:17,472
When he loses,

836
00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:21,810
<i>he's questioning
his whole identity.</i>

837
00:50:21,811 --> 00:50:25,355
<i>He goes to this
avoidant mode of like,</i>

838
00:50:25,356 --> 00:50:28,400
<i>"Leave me alone, like,
just close the door."</i>

839
00:50:28,401 --> 00:50:32,113
And Tara, when he wants
to isolate, she doesn't let him.

840
00:50:39,203 --> 00:50:41,288
<i>He's so in love with her</i>

841
00:50:41,289 --> 00:50:44,541
<i>that she has the access
that nobody does.</i>

842
00:50:44,542 --> 00:50:46,794
<i>And so, she turns him
back to us.</i>

843
00:50:48,796 --> 00:50:50,047
<i>That's Daddy's girl.</i>

844
00:50:52,175 --> 00:50:56,219
He's living the childhood that
he never had through our kids.

845
00:50:59,223 --> 00:51:01,850
<i>We were
under sanctions, bombings.</i>

846
00:51:01,851 --> 00:51:03,769
<i>It scars you.</i>

847
00:51:03,770 --> 00:51:07,314
<i>Consistency, and love,
and care, and nurturing,</i>

848
00:51:07,315 --> 00:51:10,400
this is what our parents didn't
have a chance to give to us.

849
00:51:12,612 --> 00:51:13,987
Bravo.

850
00:51:13,988 --> 00:51:15,739
<i>You wanna be with your family.</i>

851
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:17,741
That's where your belonging is.

852
00:51:17,742 --> 00:51:20,076
<i>But at the same time,
the love for tennis</i>

853
00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:22,746
<i>and the passion for him
is so great and so big</i>

854
00:51:22,747 --> 00:51:25,792
that he cannot just,
you know, not do it.

855
00:51:26,793 --> 00:51:28,043
Ah!

856
00:51:28,044 --> 00:51:29,503
Ah!

857
00:51:29,504 --> 00:51:31,838
<i>I consider myself
a very dedicated father.</i>

858
00:51:31,839 --> 00:51:34,925
<i>But considering that I am</i>

859
00:51:34,926 --> 00:51:37,053
at the highest level
professional athlete...

860
00:51:38,012 --> 00:51:40,306
there's always a consequence.

861
00:51:45,937 --> 00:51:49,397
<i>I do feel still some guilt</i>

862
00:51:49,398 --> 00:51:52,776
<i>when I leave
and when I see them cry.</i>

863
00:51:52,777 --> 00:51:54,570
That's the hardest part.

864
00:52:11,754 --> 00:52:14,047
And we have, like, this little
tradition that they always--

865
00:52:14,048 --> 00:52:16,842
when I leave for a trip,
they would take a glass of water

866
00:52:16,843 --> 00:52:18,385
<i>and when I walk
out of the door</i>

867
00:52:18,386 --> 00:52:19,845
<i>they would spill
the water behind me.</i>

868
00:52:19,846 --> 00:52:21,972
<i>It's a tradition
in our country,</i>

869
00:52:21,973 --> 00:52:24,808
<i>kind of as a good luck.</i>

870
00:52:24,809 --> 00:52:28,270
And so, we leave to some extent

871
00:52:28,271 --> 00:52:30,897
with smiles on our faces,

872
00:52:30,898 --> 00:52:32,692
but it's still-- still tough.

873
00:52:35,611 --> 00:52:36,946
Awesome.

874
00:52:37,989 --> 00:52:42,200
<i>But now, my wife has been
incredible with support.</i>

875
00:52:42,201 --> 00:52:45,453
<i>She's trying to reduce
that feeling of guilt</i>

876
00:52:45,454 --> 00:52:48,456
that I have
by packing the bags

877
00:52:48,457 --> 00:52:52,419
and traveling with kids
to the tournaments with me.

878
00:52:52,420 --> 00:52:56,172
Um, you know, we're trying
to balance things out

879
00:52:56,173 --> 00:52:58,842
because I don't also want
my kids to live my life.

880
00:52:58,843 --> 00:53:00,510
They need to live their life.

881
00:53:00,511 --> 00:53:01,762
There's the point.

882
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,181
Ah!

883
00:53:12,023 --> 00:53:13,190
Well done.

884
00:53:46,140 --> 00:53:47,433
How do you feel?

885
00:53:48,976 --> 00:53:51,227
I feel like I wanted to sleep
a little bit more.

886
00:53:53,648 --> 00:53:57,525
Actually, my kids, they haven't
overcome the jet lag.

887
00:53:57,526 --> 00:53:59,111
- Mm-hmm.
- So, they stayed...

888
00:53:59,946 --> 00:54:03,406
you know, up late
and late, uh, wake up,

889
00:54:03,407 --> 00:54:06,368
so I kind of followed
that rhythm.

890
00:54:06,369 --> 00:54:08,119
And...

891
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:10,705
...it's not working
really well for today.

892
00:54:10,706 --> 00:54:12,123
But it's good, it's okay.

893
00:54:12,124 --> 00:54:15,669
I'm, uh,
you know, I think, um,

894
00:54:15,670 --> 00:54:19,798
if I look back
in my 20-year Grand Slam career

895
00:54:19,799 --> 00:54:23,218
and-- and see where I played
my best tennis,

896
00:54:23,219 --> 00:54:26,888
where I achieved my biggest
Grand Slam results,

897
00:54:26,889 --> 00:54:29,057
where I felt the best overall

898
00:54:29,058 --> 00:54:32,895
on and off the court, uh,
consistently, it was here.

899
00:54:34,897 --> 00:54:38,441
<i>But I had a--
a negative experience</i>

900
00:54:38,442 --> 00:54:39,568
<i>a few years back.</i>

901
00:54:40,611 --> 00:54:44,698
<i>And I-- I still feel
a slight bitterness</i>

902
00:54:44,699 --> 00:54:47,535
<i>that most of the people
don't understand what happened.</i>

903
00:54:53,165 --> 00:54:55,125
<i>The biggest
story in tennis right now</i>

904
00:54:55,126 --> 00:54:58,044
{\an8}surrounding world number one,
Novak Djokovic.

905
00:54:58,045 --> 00:54:59,921
{\an8}His visa has been denied

906
00:54:59,922 --> 00:55:03,091
{\an8}and he is expected
to be leaving Australia.

907
00:55:03,092 --> 00:55:05,218
{\an8}We do not know if he will
be able to compete

908
00:55:05,219 --> 00:55:06,720
{\an8}in the Australian Open
this year.

909
00:55:06,721 --> 00:55:09,431
99% of people don't know
what actually happened

910
00:55:09,432 --> 00:55:11,434
and they don't have--
they think that I was...

911
00:55:12,435 --> 00:55:15,603
deported from Australia
because I was not vaccinated.

912
00:55:15,604 --> 00:55:17,606
And that's not true.

913
00:55:20,735 --> 00:55:23,069
<i>In order to travel
to Australia,</i>

914
00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:25,572
you either had to be vaccinated,

915
00:55:25,573 --> 00:55:29,325
or if you were not vaccinated,
you had to give evidence

916
00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:31,578
that you had corona

917
00:55:31,579 --> 00:55:34,540
in the previous six months.

918
00:55:35,624 --> 00:55:37,542
<i>I was not vaccinated,</i>

919
00:55:37,543 --> 00:55:40,879
<i>but I had corona twice
in the six months,</i>

920
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,506
<i>so I was eligible.</i>

921
00:55:45,718 --> 00:55:47,803
<i>So, I've got
the special exemption.</i>

922
00:55:50,139 --> 00:55:53,892
I told my wife,
I want to post that

923
00:55:53,893 --> 00:55:55,268
on my Instagram

924
00:55:55,269 --> 00:55:56,270
before I leave.

925
00:55:57,021 --> 00:55:59,773
And she said,
"There's no reason to post that.

926
00:55:59,774 --> 00:56:02,776
"You can just post
that you're, you know,

927
00:56:02,777 --> 00:56:05,695
"departing to Australia
and you're excited to go there.

928
00:56:05,696 --> 00:56:07,238
And that's it."

929
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:08,574
And I said...

930
00:56:10,576 --> 00:56:13,453
<i>So, we wrote the caption,</i>

931
00:56:13,454 --> 00:56:16,122
<i>and then I added
that last sentence.</i>

932
00:56:16,123 --> 00:56:18,583
<i>So, we were debating
the night before.</i>

933
00:56:18,584 --> 00:56:20,210
<i>She said, "Don't add
that last sentence."</i>

934
00:56:20,211 --> 00:56:23,004
<i>I said, "I need to add
this last sentence."</i>

935
00:56:23,005 --> 00:56:26,342
Another reason why you should
listen to your wife's instinct.

936
00:56:29,178 --> 00:56:33,848
He really insisted
on saying out loud

937
00:56:33,849 --> 00:56:35,559
that he wasn't vaccinated...

938
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,604
which I-- I just
didn't agree with it.

939
00:56:39,605 --> 00:56:42,232
I said, "Look, it's your choice.

940
00:56:42,233 --> 00:56:45,693
"Please, like,
don't elaborate on it

941
00:56:45,694 --> 00:56:48,029
because there are other people
thinking differently."

942
00:56:48,030 --> 00:56:51,950
<i>And from the moment
he posted on Instagram,</i>

943
00:56:51,951 --> 00:56:54,620
pff, the hell opened.

944
00:56:56,038 --> 00:56:58,623
<i>Victoria, which is
where Melbourne is,</i>

945
00:56:58,624 --> 00:57:01,751
<i>had been subject to harder
and longer lockdowns</i>

946
00:57:01,752 --> 00:57:06,132
<i>than just about
anywhere in the world.</i>

947
00:57:08,968 --> 00:57:13,180
<i>It's a really long plane ride
from where he was.</i>

948
00:57:14,723 --> 00:57:17,267
<i>And in that time,</i>

949
00:57:17,268 --> 00:57:22,021
<i>that post goes
all across the world.</i>

950
00:57:22,022 --> 00:57:24,357
<i>By the time his plane lands,</i>

951
00:57:24,358 --> 00:57:28,154
the whole country is basically
in something of a tizzy.

952
00:57:32,491 --> 00:57:34,784
I arrive, passport control.

953
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,619
I already see
a couple of the officers

954
00:57:36,620 --> 00:57:39,205
coming from the immigration zone
looking at me.

955
00:57:39,206 --> 00:57:42,125
<i>I'm starting to feel
something isn't right.</i>

956
00:57:42,126 --> 00:57:44,961
<i>They ask me
to come with them.</i>

957
00:57:44,962 --> 00:57:46,504
I don't get a stamp.

958
00:57:46,505 --> 00:57:48,840
I go into that immigration zone

959
00:57:48,841 --> 00:57:52,093
and I stay there
from 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.

960
00:57:52,094 --> 00:57:56,389
From that moment,
I'm getting the message, like,

961
00:57:56,390 --> 00:57:58,558
"I'm at the airport,
they're keeping me.

962
00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:00,518
Not sure what's happening."

963
00:58:00,519 --> 00:58:02,812
And it's like, I'm like,
what-- what do you mean?

964
00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:04,189
Like, "They're taking
away my phone.

965
00:58:04,190 --> 00:58:05,733
Sorry, I will--"
you know, I'm like...

966
00:58:06,859 --> 00:58:09,027
Novak Djokovic
has been detained in Australia

967
00:58:09,028 --> 00:58:10,987
ahead of a court hearing
that will determine

968
00:58:10,988 --> 00:58:13,656
whether the tennis star
can stay in the country.

969
00:58:13,657 --> 00:58:16,034
There was a perception,
rightly or wrongly,

970
00:58:16,035 --> 00:58:17,660
{\an8}that he'd been given
favorable treatment,

971
00:58:17,661 --> 00:58:19,621
{\an8}that he was being
given an opportunity

972
00:58:19,622 --> 00:58:21,414
{\an8}to enter the country
under conditions

973
00:58:21,415 --> 00:58:22,957
{\an8}where other people
weren't given that chance.

974
00:58:22,958 --> 00:58:25,461
<i>He became a villain.
He became a target.</i>

975
00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:32,675
<i>He said it out loud.</i>

976
00:58:32,676 --> 00:58:35,428
If he did not say it out loud,

977
00:58:35,429 --> 00:58:36,554
if he didn't brag about it--

978
00:58:36,555 --> 00:58:38,014
probably that's how
they took it.

979
00:58:38,015 --> 00:58:40,308
Like, they wanted
everybody to comply.

980
00:58:40,309 --> 00:58:43,519
The moment you have one guy who
is going against the current,

981
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,063
that's bad for everyone.

982
00:58:45,064 --> 00:58:49,108
{\an8}Now, what we have is a guy
who has shown a continued--

983
00:58:49,109 --> 00:58:51,778
{\an8}and in this episode,
a continued pattern

984
00:58:51,779 --> 00:58:55,990
{\an8}of evasions of the truth
and contempt for the rules

985
00:58:55,991 --> 00:58:59,077
{\an8}that apply to everyone else.

986
00:58:59,078 --> 00:59:04,332
{\an8}He is a pampered,
entitled, uh, sports star

987
00:59:04,333 --> 00:59:06,460
{\an8}who thinks he can game
the system.

988
00:59:08,420 --> 00:59:10,505
{\an8}<i>I was made villain</i>

989
00:59:10,506 --> 00:59:13,758
more than I have ever...

990
00:59:13,759 --> 00:59:16,761
...been before
in the tennis circles.

991
00:59:16,762 --> 00:59:18,596
Now, I was a villain
of the world.

992
00:59:18,597 --> 00:59:20,723
{\an8}If Djokovic really wants
to be a winner,

993
00:59:20,724 --> 00:59:22,725
{\an8}I would say be a winner
and send a safe message

994
00:59:22,726 --> 00:59:25,270
{\an8}to the population
by getting vaccinated.

995
00:59:25,271 --> 00:59:27,188
Why weren't you vaccinated?

996
00:59:27,189 --> 00:59:28,983
Because I didn't feel like
I needed it.

997
00:59:29,942 --> 00:59:32,360
Why?
Why should I get a vaccine?

998
00:59:32,361 --> 00:59:33,987
You know, I'm healthy.
I'm an athlete.

999
00:59:33,988 --> 00:59:36,155
I had corona.
I have protection.

1000
00:59:36,156 --> 00:59:37,825
I'm not a threat to anybody.

1001
00:59:39,159 --> 00:59:41,452
Why should I get vaccinated?

1002
00:59:41,453 --> 00:59:43,746
It's my freedom to choose,

1003
00:59:43,747 --> 00:59:48,293
which that fundamental right
that you have

1004
00:59:48,294 --> 00:59:53,965
as a human being on this planet,
freedom to choose,

1005
00:59:53,966 --> 00:59:56,593
was taken away from a lot
of people on this planet.

1006
00:59:57,594 --> 00:59:59,220
The verdict is in.

1007
00:59:59,221 --> 01:00:03,391
Novak Djokovic is out
at the Australian Open.

1008
01:00:03,392 --> 01:00:05,601
<i>His case was
heard at the federal court,</i>

1009
01:00:05,602 --> 01:00:07,895
and then ultimately the federal
government's decision

1010
01:00:07,896 --> 01:00:11,566
to cancel his visa was upheld
by the federal court,

1011
01:00:11,567 --> 01:00:13,944
<i>and he was deported
on the eve of the tournament.</i>

1012
01:00:14,903 --> 01:00:16,404
Australia was one of
the countries

1013
01:00:16,405 --> 01:00:18,323
that had biggest lockdown.

1014
01:00:18,324 --> 01:00:20,659
They didn't want...

1015
01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:24,329
someone of a profile
like myself

1016
01:00:24,330 --> 01:00:25,997
who is known in that country,

1017
01:00:25,998 --> 01:00:28,333
and everyone knowing
that I'm not vaccinated

1018
01:00:28,334 --> 01:00:30,335
coming in their country,
playing a tournament,

1019
01:00:30,336 --> 01:00:33,046
staying for a month or whatever,
and then leaving,

1020
01:00:33,047 --> 01:00:35,840
<i>where people from Australia</i>

1021
01:00:35,841 --> 01:00:37,759
<i>were not able
to come back home,</i>

1022
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:38,926
<i>were not allowed.</i>

1023
01:00:38,927 --> 01:00:41,429
So, yeah, to some extent,

1024
01:00:41,430 --> 01:00:43,931
I do understand that they--
they felt that pressure.

1025
01:00:43,932 --> 01:00:45,559
But you know,
it was not my fault.

1026
01:00:46,643 --> 01:00:49,562
<i>So later on, I find out
there is another two people--</i>

1027
01:00:49,563 --> 01:00:51,481
<i>one was a player,
one was a coach--</i>

1028
01:00:51,482 --> 01:00:54,859
that entered the country based
on the same medical exemption.

1029
01:00:54,860 --> 01:00:56,361
So, it was--
it was all political.

1030
01:00:56,362 --> 01:00:58,029
It had nothing to do
with medical,

1031
01:00:58,030 --> 01:00:59,364
it has nothing to do
with anything.

1032
01:00:59,365 --> 01:01:00,449
It was just political.

1033
01:01:02,576 --> 01:01:06,537
I never said
I'm against vaccine

1034
01:01:06,538 --> 01:01:07,706
or pro-vaccine.

1035
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:11,627
Even the anti-vax movement...

1036
01:01:12,961 --> 01:01:15,755
claimed that I'm their hero,
and like, that, you know--

1037
01:01:15,756 --> 01:01:18,257
I've never associated myself

1038
01:01:18,258 --> 01:01:21,094
with any anti-vax
or pro-vax or anything.

1039
01:01:21,095 --> 01:01:23,222
I'm pro-freedom to choose...

1040
01:01:24,223 --> 01:01:27,141
what you are going to do
with the integrity of your body.

1041
01:01:27,142 --> 01:01:29,227
And by the way,

1042
01:01:29,228 --> 01:01:32,438
I missed Slams
and tournaments.

1043
01:01:32,439 --> 01:01:34,482
I didn't play in America
for a couple of years

1044
01:01:34,483 --> 01:01:36,610
because I was not vaccinated.
That's fine.

1045
01:01:37,903 --> 01:01:39,904
But in Australia,
I was allowed.

1046
01:01:39,905 --> 01:01:41,280
So, I'm not the scientist.

1047
01:01:41,281 --> 01:01:43,449
I'm not the one who is--
who is setting the rules.

1048
01:01:43,450 --> 01:01:46,911
I'm-- I'm not the one
who should debate that.

1049
01:01:46,912 --> 01:01:48,663
I stood up
for what I believe in.

1050
01:01:48,664 --> 01:01:51,624
I-- I stand for protection
of my integrity

1051
01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:55,378
and what I-- what I think
is best for my body,

1052
01:01:55,379 --> 01:01:56,463
and that's it.

1053
01:02:01,552 --> 01:02:03,219
How did it feel

1054
01:02:03,220 --> 01:02:04,470
to return the next year?

1055
01:02:04,471 --> 01:02:06,056
Strange at the beginning.

1056
01:02:09,768 --> 01:02:12,271
<i>But there was
that extra significance.</i>

1057
01:02:17,234 --> 01:02:19,319
<i>I needed to win
this Australian Open.</i>

1058
01:02:31,081 --> 01:02:32,833
<i>Game, Djokovic.</i>

1059
01:02:36,295 --> 01:02:38,421
<i>I was able to come back</i>

1060
01:02:38,422 --> 01:02:40,590
<i>after what happened
12 months before</i>

1061
01:02:40,591 --> 01:02:42,759
<i>and use that as a fuel to win.</i>

1062
01:02:46,847 --> 01:02:48,556
<i>Game, set, match, Djokovic.</i>

1063
01:02:48,557 --> 01:02:50,392
<i>He's a perfect 10.</i>

1064
01:02:52,769 --> 01:02:56,355
That's why in the end I...

1065
01:02:56,356 --> 01:02:59,067
<i>...in my mother's
and my brother's arms.</i>

1066
01:03:05,824 --> 01:03:09,869
<i>He is the best
player on the planet again.</i>

1067
01:03:16,460 --> 01:03:19,087
<i>He is not just the heir
to greatness.</i>

1068
01:03:20,088 --> 01:03:21,465
<i>He is greatness.</i>

1069
01:03:35,854 --> 01:03:38,105
Novak, whoo!

1070
01:03:38,106 --> 01:03:41,359
<i>Djokovic winning
the Australian Open ten times,</i>

1071
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:45,112
absolutely outrageous
accomplishment.

1072
01:03:45,113 --> 01:03:47,782
<i>Now, he's going
for his 25th Grand Slam,</i>

1073
01:03:47,783 --> 01:03:49,409
<i>trying to win it again.</i>

1074
01:03:52,704 --> 01:03:54,372
<i>There are a lot
of question marks</i>

1075
01:03:54,373 --> 01:03:57,041
over whether the passion
and the fury

1076
01:03:57,042 --> 01:03:59,752
that's fueled him
would be there in 2025,

1077
01:03:59,753 --> 01:04:01,712
because at times,

1078
01:04:01,713 --> 01:04:03,966
it hadn't been there
for him in 2024.

1079
01:04:06,510 --> 01:04:08,261
{\an8} <i>He can't even finish
the French Open</i>

1080
01:04:08,262 --> 01:04:10,263
<i>because he tore his meniscus.</i>

1081
01:04:10,264 --> 01:04:13,349
<i>He goes from the French Open
where he got hurt</i>

1082
01:04:13,350 --> 01:04:15,142
{\an8}<i>to grass at Wimbledon,</i>

1083
01:04:15,143 --> 01:04:18,271
{\an8}<i>where he'd only been out
of surgery a couple weeks,</i>

1084
01:04:18,272 --> 01:04:21,524
{\an8}<i>to red clay for the Olympics,</i>

1085
01:04:21,525 --> 01:04:26,279
{\an8}<i>to hard courts to finish off
the Grand Slam calendar.</i>

1086
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:28,698
<i>Do you know what that
does to your body?</i>

1087
01:04:28,699 --> 01:04:30,908
<i>He shows up
at the US Open, man.</i>

1088
01:04:30,909 --> 01:04:32,286
He-- he had nothing left.

1089
01:04:43,589 --> 01:04:45,298
He certainly didn't finish
the season

1090
01:04:45,299 --> 01:04:47,592
with the same kind of vigor that
we're used to seeing with him,

1091
01:04:47,593 --> 01:04:49,176
and there were a lot
of question marks.

1092
01:04:49,177 --> 01:04:50,928
You're 36 years old now.

1093
01:04:50,929 --> 01:04:52,972
Does it feel like you're finally
starting to play

1094
01:04:52,973 --> 01:04:54,849
at your own age
after such an insane period?

1095
01:04:54,850 --> 01:04:55,933
Is your hope, intention

1096
01:04:55,934 --> 01:04:57,018
to be back here next year?

1097
01:04:57,019 --> 01:04:58,102
Do you have a plan on--

1098
01:04:58,103 --> 01:04:59,478
like a retirement plan?

1099
01:04:59,479 --> 01:05:00,938
Do you plan on going out...

1100
01:05:00,939 --> 01:05:02,440
<i>I could see his frustration</i>

1101
01:05:02,441 --> 01:05:05,401
<i>in having to answer questions
about retirement.</i>

1102
01:05:05,402 --> 01:05:09,697
But at the same time, I can also
see that being part of the fuel

1103
01:05:09,698 --> 01:05:12,951
<i>that he might access
to continue.</i>

1104
01:05:14,745 --> 01:05:18,331
He needs to do
what either in his mind

1105
01:05:18,332 --> 01:05:20,626
or other people's mind
is not achievable.

1106
01:05:31,094 --> 01:05:32,511
<i>Welcome to the big time.</i>

1107
01:05:32,512 --> 01:05:34,930
<i>Welcome to the Australian Open,</i>

1108
01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:38,392
<i>and welcome to the greatest
player of his generation.</i>

1109
01:05:38,393 --> 01:05:39,936
<i>Novak Djokovic to serve.</i>

1110
01:05:50,113 --> 01:05:52,407
<i>Game, Djokovic.</i>

1111
01:06:03,877 --> 01:06:05,879
<i>This is what they came to see!</i>

1112
01:06:24,189 --> 01:06:26,065
<i>Game, set,
and match, Djokovic.</i>

1113
01:06:26,066 --> 01:06:28,276
<i>Signature shot
to finish it off.</i>

1114
01:06:46,712 --> 01:06:48,295
<i>A showstopping rally</i>

1115
01:06:48,296 --> 01:06:51,508
<i>from the man who is
so difficult to beat here.</i>

1116
01:06:52,259 --> 01:06:54,760
<i>He is through
to the quarterfinals</i>

1117
01:06:54,761 --> 01:06:57,389
<i>here in Oz for a 15th time.</i>

1118
01:07:06,481 --> 01:07:09,942
I delivered some
good shots, good tennis.

1119
01:07:09,943 --> 01:07:12,069
Those are mental bonus points,

1120
01:07:12,070 --> 01:07:15,406
'cause I know
that my next opponent, Alcaraz,

1121
01:07:15,407 --> 01:07:18,868
for example, was watching,
for sure, my match tonight

1122
01:07:18,869 --> 01:07:22,121
and was trying to analyze
and see,

1123
01:07:22,122 --> 01:07:26,042
you know, what happens
and where he's gonna see...

1124
01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:29,128
uh, some maybe loopholes
and weaknesses

1125
01:07:29,129 --> 01:07:32,132
that he can attack and--
and expose in a few days' time.

1126
01:07:33,717 --> 01:07:35,676
<i>Djokovic is gonna need</i>

1127
01:07:35,677 --> 01:07:38,179
<i>every last ounce of energy,</i>

1128
01:07:38,180 --> 01:07:40,765
<i>intensity, incredible play,</i>

1129
01:07:40,766 --> 01:07:42,808
<i>because Carlos Alcaraz
is coming.</i>

1130
01:07:42,809 --> 01:07:45,144
<i>It's the only major
he hasn't won.</i>

1131
01:07:45,145 --> 01:07:47,188
<i>So, you're talk about
a matchup with Novak...</i>

1132
01:07:48,565 --> 01:07:51,275
<i>Novak, Roger,</i>

1133
01:07:51,276 --> 01:07:53,819
<i>and Rafa played this game</i>

1134
01:07:53,820 --> 01:07:55,696
all so differently

1135
01:07:55,697 --> 01:07:58,825
and all so great
in their own way.

1136
01:08:00,410 --> 01:08:04,872
<i>And now, you see players,
specifically Alcaraz,</i>

1137
01:08:04,873 --> 01:08:08,126
<i>that plays like all three
of them whenever he wants.</i>

1138
01:08:10,545 --> 01:08:12,546
The game does get better.

1139
01:08:27,646 --> 01:08:30,565
<i>It is my favorite
period of an athlete.</i>

1140
01:08:33,360 --> 01:08:35,570
It is the lion in winter period.

1141
01:08:36,404 --> 01:08:38,447
You know that the end is near.

1142
01:08:38,448 --> 01:08:40,450
Nole! Nole! Nole!

1143
01:08:42,369 --> 01:08:44,662
<i>Now, you're going
to use all the reserves,</i>

1144
01:08:44,663 --> 01:08:46,956
<i>all the experience,
all the history,</i>

1145
01:08:46,957 --> 01:08:48,875
<i>all the heart, all the drive.</i>

1146
01:08:51,545 --> 01:08:55,214
Because at some point,
you can't do this anymore.

1147
01:09:08,562 --> 01:09:10,521
But who's standing
in front of you?

1148
01:09:10,522 --> 01:09:11,690
Alcaraz.

1149
01:09:15,277 --> 01:09:17,653
And he's standing
in front of you in Melbourne

1150
01:09:17,654 --> 01:09:20,740
on your court
where you've won ten times.

1151
01:09:22,701 --> 01:09:26,161
<i>And he's also hungry
because you just beat him</i>

1152
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:27,706
<i>in Paris for a gold medal.</i>

1153
01:09:30,917 --> 01:09:33,961
There hasn't been as much buzz
for a quarterfinal match

1154
01:09:33,962 --> 01:09:35,547
in a major
as there was for this one.

1155
01:09:37,340 --> 01:09:39,675
<i>Anticipation of this match.</i>

1156
01:09:39,676 --> 01:09:41,719
<i>I mean, the second
the draw was made,</i>

1157
01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:43,220
<i>people were like, "Oh, my God."
Okay.</i>

1158
01:09:43,221 --> 01:09:44,680
<i>This is the quarter.</i>

1159
01:09:44,681 --> 01:09:46,265
<i>Get ready for Tuesday night</i>

1160
01:09:46,266 --> 01:09:47,434
<i>down in Melbourne.</i>

1161
01:09:50,604 --> 01:09:52,313
<i>Novak starts the match off</i>

1162
01:09:52,314 --> 01:09:55,984
and he's far from
the best of himself.

1163
01:10:00,071 --> 01:10:02,323
Out!

1164
01:10:02,324 --> 01:10:05,242
<i>He's like a boxer
that needs to get hit</i>

1165
01:10:05,243 --> 01:10:08,079
before he actually gives you
his full attention.

1166
01:10:08,997 --> 01:10:10,624
<i>But if somebody's
gonna push him...</i>

1167
01:10:11,875 --> 01:10:13,752
you would see
epic staying power.

1168
01:10:19,966 --> 01:10:21,634
Out!

1169
01:10:31,811 --> 01:10:33,270
<i>Genius!</i>

1170
01:10:33,271 --> 01:10:34,688
<i>When will Father Time</i>

1171
01:10:34,689 --> 01:10:35,899
<i>catch up to this guy?</i>

1172
01:10:46,326 --> 01:10:50,121
<i>Unbelievable!
And Djokovic is feeling it.</i>

1173
01:10:52,624 --> 01:10:55,584
<i>Looks to me like
he's laboring a bit, John.</i>

1174
01:10:55,585 --> 01:10:57,629
<i>I-- I think
it was something happened...</i>

1175
01:10:58,630 --> 01:11:00,130
<i>the previous shot.</i>

1176
01:11:00,131 --> 01:11:02,049
<i>Late in the first set...</i>

1177
01:11:02,050 --> 01:11:04,009
<i>...Novak kind of pulls up</i>

1178
01:11:04,010 --> 01:11:05,886
<i>running wide for a ball,</i>

1179
01:11:05,887 --> 01:11:08,014
and right away, like,
you know, this could be over.

1180
01:11:08,890 --> 01:11:12,017
{\an8}<i> Well, you had
the comment, John, early on</i>

1181
01:11:12,018 --> 01:11:13,937
{\an8}<i>that Father Time is undefeated.</i>

1182
01:11:14,729 --> 01:11:15,938
{\an8}<i>Ladies and gentlemen,</i>

1183
01:11:15,939 --> 01:11:17,189
{\an8}<i>Djokovic is now receiving--</i>

1184
01:11:17,190 --> 01:11:18,732
<i>They just started the clock.</i>

1185
01:11:18,733 --> 01:11:21,944
<i>Okay, it's
a three-minute medical timeout.</i>

1186
01:11:21,945 --> 01:11:24,446
<i>When I went out
for the off-court treatment,</i>

1187
01:11:24,447 --> 01:11:26,115
I didn't think
that I would be able

1188
01:11:26,116 --> 01:11:27,325
to finish the match,
to be honest.

1189
01:11:28,076 --> 01:11:31,495
<i>Alright, Djokovic
out pretty quickly, actually,</i>

1190
01:11:31,496 --> 01:11:33,206
<i>and appears he's got, uh...</i>

1191
01:11:34,165 --> 01:11:37,251
<i>that right groin area
bandaged up.</i>

1192
01:11:37,252 --> 01:11:39,378
<i>I wouldn't be able
to win against Alcaraz</i>

1193
01:11:39,379 --> 01:11:42,548
if I had 10% less ability

1194
01:11:42,549 --> 01:11:44,758
to-- to move the way
I normally move.

1195
01:11:44,759 --> 01:11:47,302
And so, I said, let's take
all the painkillers, meds,

1196
01:11:47,303 --> 01:11:48,679
anti-inflammatories.

1197
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,305
Let's do everything possible.

1198
01:11:51,975 --> 01:11:54,435
<i>And I think
at this point, Djokovic is in</i>

1199
01:11:54,436 --> 01:11:57,229
<i>the assessment phase
of where he is now,</i>

1200
01:11:57,230 --> 01:11:58,982
<i>and what he can do
and can't do.</i>

1201
01:12:01,026 --> 01:12:02,818
<i>And trying to weather this</i>

1202
01:12:02,819 --> 01:12:05,905
<i>till presumably some type
of pain meds kick in.</i>

1203
01:12:06,990 --> 01:12:08,658
<i>Looks like this set's over.</i>

1204
01:12:12,912 --> 01:12:16,248
{\an8}<i>And Alcaraz not affected at all</i>

1205
01:12:16,249 --> 01:12:18,000
{\an8}<i>as he holds at Love.</i>

1206
01:12:18,001 --> 01:12:19,585
<i>In that moment,</i>

1207
01:12:19,586 --> 01:12:22,504
<i>Novak did what he does
on certain occasions,</i>

1208
01:12:22,505 --> 01:12:23,797
<i>where he's like, "Okay,</i>

1209
01:12:23,798 --> 01:12:25,508
"I'm hurt.

1210
01:12:28,094 --> 01:12:33,183
Unless I am crazy aggressive,
I'm not winning this match."

1211
01:12:34,517 --> 01:12:36,351
{\an8}<i>He's gonna have to throw</i>

1212
01:12:36,352 --> 01:12:38,187
{\an8}<i>the proverbial kitchen sink</i>

1213
01:12:38,188 --> 01:12:40,689
<i>to have any chance
of just staying in this.</i>

1214
01:12:40,690 --> 01:12:42,024
<i>It's starting to look like</i>

1215
01:12:42,025 --> 01:12:43,526
<i>an extremely tall order.</i>

1216
01:12:44,861 --> 01:12:46,488
<i>Even for him.</i>

1217
01:12:48,865 --> 01:12:50,699
<i>- Still serving big though.</i>
-  <i>Game, Djokovic.</i>

1218
01:12:50,700 --> 01:12:52,786
<i>Yeah, nice way
to start the second set.</i>

1219
01:12:53,787 --> 01:12:55,537
<i>He's probably
as strong mentally</i>

1220
01:12:55,538 --> 01:12:58,582
<i>as anybody I've ever seen.</i>

1221
01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:02,337
He has a capacity for pain...

1222
01:13:03,338 --> 01:13:06,633
<i>that I think is unmatched.</i>

1223
01:13:08,176 --> 01:13:11,678
<i>It's like the harder
something gets,</i>

1224
01:13:11,679 --> 01:13:14,223
<i>the more locked in he gets,</i>

1225
01:13:14,224 --> 01:13:16,684
<i>and he's willing
to go the distance.</i>

1226
01:13:23,817 --> 01:13:26,319
<i>There's another
clean winner from Djokovic.</i>

1227
01:13:28,154 --> 01:13:29,822
<i>The adrenaline combination</i>

1228
01:13:29,823 --> 01:13:33,159
of the effect of the pills
and everything, it all helped.

1229
01:13:34,285 --> 01:13:36,078
<i>Look at this.
Another ace.</i>

1230
01:13:43,419 --> 01:13:46,338
<i>Well, Djokovic may be wounded,</i>

1231
01:13:46,339 --> 01:13:48,674
<i>but he's still swinging.</i>

1232
01:13:48,675 --> 01:13:50,634
<i>Alcaraz is a lot of things,</i>

1233
01:13:50,635 --> 01:13:52,094
<i>but he's not a street fighter.</i>

1234
01:13:52,095 --> 01:13:54,346
<i>You talk about
the ultimate street fighter,</i>

1235
01:13:54,347 --> 01:13:57,058
<i>Novak, like, h-he'll beat you
fair and square.</i>

1236
01:13:57,892 --> 01:13:59,977
"But if I gotta go down
and go to the wall

1237
01:13:59,978 --> 01:14:02,437
"and become a street fighter,
I'll do that, too.

1238
01:14:02,438 --> 01:14:03,565
Are you gonna do that?"

1239
01:14:05,900 --> 01:14:07,860
{\an8}<i>And there's the set.</i>

1240
01:14:07,861 --> 01:14:09,904
{\an8}<i>Game and second set, Djokovic.</i>

1241
01:14:15,034 --> 01:14:17,787
<i>And that's good.</i>

1242
01:14:19,122 --> 01:14:20,831
<i>Look at that.</i>

1243
01:14:20,832 --> 01:14:23,334
<i>The serve has been
unbelievable from Djokovic.</i>

1244
01:14:50,820 --> 01:14:53,364
{\an8}<i>Game and third set, Djokovic.</i>

1245
01:14:58,244 --> 01:15:00,495
<i>It is, in the end
of the day, a very mental game</i>

1246
01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:03,666
because
it's a non-contact sport, but...

1247
01:15:04,584 --> 01:15:07,420
<i>as close to the contact
as you can be, in a sense.</i>

1248
01:15:08,254 --> 01:15:11,299
<i>Almost like gladiator
versus gladiator in the arena.</i>

1249
01:15:13,509 --> 01:15:16,471
<i>You wanna see
your opponent feeling weak.</i>

1250
01:15:17,555 --> 01:15:20,307
<i>You can feel that from
the other side of the net.</i>

1251
01:15:20,308 --> 01:15:22,643
<i>You can sense
that he's doubting himself.</i>

1252
01:15:22,644 --> 01:15:25,396
<i>Oh-ho!
He's everywhere right now.</i>

1253
01:15:26,773 --> 01:15:28,106
As a predator on the court,

1254
01:15:28,107 --> 01:15:29,776
you wanna jump on that
and use that.

1255
01:15:47,001 --> 01:15:48,835
{\an8}<i>He was compelling,</i>

1256
01:15:48,836 --> 01:15:50,380
{\an8}<i>he was commanding!</i>

1257
01:15:51,756 --> 01:15:55,759
<i>And ultimately, he was just
a little too cunning</i>

1258
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:57,761
<i>for his younger opponent.</i>

1259
01:16:01,224 --> 01:16:03,434
<i>He takes down
Alcaraz in four.</i>

1260
01:16:04,394 --> 01:16:07,939
<i>4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4...</i>

1261
01:16:08,940 --> 01:16:11,525
<i>in a Rod Laver masterclass.</i>

1262
01:16:46,728 --> 01:16:48,645
Bravo, Nole!

1263
01:16:59,699 --> 01:17:01,784
{\an8}<i>My team wanted to do an MRI.</i>

1264
01:17:03,369 --> 01:17:04,953
<i>I said, I really don't think</i>

1265
01:17:04,954 --> 01:17:07,914
<i>that I should do an MRI
or ultrasound,</i>

1266
01:17:07,915 --> 01:17:10,626
<i>because I know what it is.</i>

1267
01:17:13,129 --> 01:17:14,339
<i>It's a tear.</i>

1268
01:17:15,381 --> 01:17:18,050
Whether it's
a one-centimeter tear, or half,

1269
01:17:18,051 --> 01:17:20,552
or two or three,
what does it matter?

1270
01:17:20,553 --> 01:17:23,764
I mean, I-- I wanna give
myself a chance

1271
01:17:23,765 --> 01:17:25,600
to be on the court in semis...

1272
01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,186
<i>'cause I had two days.</i>

1273
01:17:29,729 --> 01:17:32,230
<i>I feel like
we should try to use</i>

1274
01:17:32,231 --> 01:17:35,818
<i>every available minute
to recover.</i>

1275
01:17:38,488 --> 01:17:40,155
Novak, how does

1276
01:17:40,156 --> 01:17:41,406
the physical recovery

1277
01:17:41,407 --> 01:17:42,783
at this stage of your career

1278
01:17:42,784 --> 01:17:44,285
compare to the mental recovery?

1279
01:17:46,537 --> 01:17:48,413
Physically,
I'm able to recover.

1280
01:17:48,414 --> 01:17:50,708
Mentally, no,
I'm not able to recover.

1281
01:17:52,710 --> 01:17:55,046
Mentally,
I'm at the stage where...

1282
01:17:56,089 --> 01:17:58,049
I'm almost losing my mind.

1283
01:18:04,055 --> 01:18:06,681
<i>You would think logically
because when you age</i>

1284
01:18:06,682 --> 01:18:09,309
<i>you have more experience,
that you would know</i>

1285
01:18:09,310 --> 01:18:12,229
how to deal mentally
and emotionally

1286
01:18:12,230 --> 01:18:14,273
with stress, with pressure.

1287
01:18:15,858 --> 01:18:18,403
<i>But the body is maybe not
listening to you as much.</i>

1288
01:18:20,279 --> 01:18:22,115
<i>For me, it's vice versa.</i>

1289
01:18:24,117 --> 01:18:25,868
The brain...

1290
01:18:28,246 --> 01:18:29,664
is, um...

1291
01:18:31,582 --> 01:18:33,376
it's like it has had enough.

1292
01:18:36,045 --> 01:18:38,506
<i>The practice days and...</i>

1293
01:18:40,174 --> 01:18:42,635
-  Novak.
-  <i>Media.</i>

1294
01:18:45,179 --> 01:18:47,515
<i>And the expectations.</i>

1295
01:18:49,267 --> 01:18:51,477
It's mostly about
my own expectations.

1296
01:18:54,480 --> 01:18:56,314
<i>People think like,
"Oh, you know,</i>

1297
01:18:56,315 --> 01:18:58,275
<i>"you've achieved
so many great things</i>

1298
01:18:58,276 --> 01:18:59,777
<i>and now you should enjoy."</i>

1299
01:19:01,112 --> 01:19:02,572
I cannot enjoy.

1300
01:19:05,616 --> 01:19:07,076
<i>If I have to compete...</i>

1301
01:19:08,244 --> 01:19:10,872
<i>if I have to put myself
on the biggest stage...</i>

1302
01:19:11,998 --> 01:19:13,958
<i>that carries
so much weight for me.</i>

1303
01:19:15,710 --> 01:19:17,336
<i>It's not only about that match.</i>

1304
01:19:18,254 --> 01:19:19,881
<i>It's about my reputation.</i>

1305
01:19:21,090 --> 01:19:22,382
<i>It's about everything.</i>

1306
01:19:22,383 --> 01:19:23,926
Nole! Nole!

1307
01:19:25,344 --> 01:19:27,138
There are days
where I feel like...

1308
01:19:28,097 --> 01:19:30,140
I feel like I'm the best.

1309
01:19:30,141 --> 01:19:33,894
There are days where
I'm doubting myself, uh, a lot.

1310
01:19:33,895 --> 01:19:36,313
It's like, and then
I'm questioning whether,

1311
01:19:36,314 --> 01:19:38,900
you know, I can keep up
with the level of the best guys.

1312
01:19:43,488 --> 01:19:46,032
But I cannot be 100%
dedicated to tennis.

1313
01:19:48,868 --> 01:19:50,244
<i>It's not my life anymore.</i>

1314
01:19:51,954 --> 01:19:56,208
I need to be, you know,
the-- the husband, the father.

1315
01:19:56,209 --> 01:19:57,752
I need to be
all of the other things.

1316
01:20:04,425 --> 01:20:05,676
<i>This is the battle.</i>

1317
01:20:09,430 --> 01:20:12,807
<i>How long should I do this?
W-Why am I putting myself</i>

1318
01:20:12,808 --> 01:20:14,769
<i>and my family through this
over and over again?</i>

1319
01:20:16,938 --> 01:20:18,981
Does a match like tomorrow

1320
01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:24,694
does that help or make it
more difficult, mentally?

1321
01:20:24,695 --> 01:20:25,696
More difficult.

1322
01:20:26,656 --> 01:20:28,865
There's part of me that is,
like, looking forward

1323
01:20:28,866 --> 01:20:31,535
to the challenge,
but part of me is like...

1324
01:20:31,536 --> 01:20:33,828
You know.

1325
01:20:33,829 --> 01:20:36,666
I have to use my reservoirs
again and again and again.

1326
01:20:38,501 --> 01:20:40,043
And I want to prove
people wrong, you know,

1327
01:20:40,044 --> 01:20:42,087
that's also one
of the motivations, of course.

1328
01:20:42,088 --> 01:20:44,548
But most of all,
I want to prove myself wrong.

1329
01:20:44,549 --> 01:20:47,717
Because I have that inner voice

1330
01:20:47,718 --> 01:20:50,095
that is like, you-- you know.

1331
01:20:50,096 --> 01:20:51,721
I-It's doubting,
you can't go on,

1332
01:20:51,722 --> 01:20:54,558
you know, not-- you're not--
you're not at the level

1333
01:20:54,559 --> 01:20:56,519
where, you know, that where
you can win Slam...

1334
01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:01,357
anymore, you know?
And deal with this reality.

1335
01:21:05,528 --> 01:21:07,028
<i>There's a lot of challenges</i>

1336
01:21:07,029 --> 01:21:08,613
<i>ahead for Djokovic,
and I think that's why</i>

1337
01:21:08,614 --> 01:21:10,574
<i>he's still doing this, Chris,
why he's still playing,</i>

1338
01:21:10,575 --> 01:21:11,866
<i>why he's still trying
to win majors.</i>

1339
01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:12,951
<i>He's done it all,</i>

1340
01:21:12,952 --> 01:21:14,202
<i>he's the greatest of all time.</i>

1341
01:21:14,203 --> 01:21:16,204
<i>But to beat Alcaraz,
the three seed,</i>

1342
01:21:16,205 --> 01:21:18,123
<i>now to take on
the number two seed,</i>

1343
01:21:18,124 --> 01:21:19,833
<i>if he can get by Sascha Zverev,</i>

1344
01:21:19,834 --> 01:21:21,752
<i>which I think he can,
and I think he will...</i>

1345
01:21:23,796 --> 01:21:27,299
<i>I honestly had stopped
being particularly concerned</i>

1346
01:21:27,300 --> 01:21:28,509
<i>about the leg.</i>

1347
01:21:30,261 --> 01:21:32,096
<i>He's just built differently.</i>

1348
01:21:33,097 --> 01:21:38,102
His body's capable of responding
to moments of stress.

1349
01:21:44,817 --> 01:21:47,485
<i>Please welcome
to Rod Laver Arena,</i>

1350
01:21:47,486 --> 01:21:50,655
from Germany, Alexander Zverev!

1351
01:21:52,283 --> 01:21:53,617
<i>The good story for Zverev</i>

1352
01:21:53,618 --> 01:21:54,743
<i>is he's been really fresh.</i>

1353
01:21:54,744 --> 01:21:56,161
<i>He said to us, he said,</i>

1354
01:21:56,162 --> 01:21:59,581
<i>"Listen, I feel the best
I've felt in a long time."</i>

1355
01:21:59,582 --> 01:22:03,335
And please welcome ten-time
Australian Open champion

1356
01:22:03,336 --> 01:22:06,296
from Serbia, Novak Djokovic.

1357
01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:09,424
<i>All eyes on this guy</i>

1358
01:22:09,425 --> 01:22:11,551
<i>in the first few games to see
if there's any hints</i>

1359
01:22:11,552 --> 01:22:13,346
<i>that he might not
be totally ready.</i>

1360
01:22:14,221 --> 01:22:17,058
<i>None of us knew
how the recovery had gone.</i>

1361
01:22:18,517 --> 01:22:20,478
We're all hoping
that he's gonna be healthy.

1362
01:22:39,288 --> 01:22:42,124
-  <i>Unbelievable!</i>
-  <i>Game, Djokovic.</i>

1363
01:22:46,212 --> 01:22:48,297
<i>Game, Djokovic.</i>

1364
01:22:49,340 --> 01:22:51,884
<i>We played
a couple of tough rallies.</i>

1365
01:22:53,010 --> 01:22:55,304
<i>And I did a couple
quick movements.</i>

1366
01:22:57,807 --> 01:23:00,393
I started to feel
even more pull.

1367
01:23:10,528 --> 01:23:12,362
<i>He's not feeling right.</i>

1368
01:23:12,363 --> 01:23:14,239
<i>That's my opinion.</i>

1369
01:23:14,240 --> 01:23:16,116
<i>Something is going on.</i>

1370
01:23:16,117 --> 01:23:18,201
<i>Novak walking very slowly.</i>

1371
01:23:18,202 --> 01:23:19,619
Nole! Nole!

1372
01:23:19,620 --> 01:23:22,415
He was avoiding extreme.

1373
01:23:24,041 --> 01:23:26,209
<i>Djokovic not quite right.</i>

1374
01:23:26,210 --> 01:23:28,421
<i>Got a delivery
from the-- the pharmacy.</i>

1375
01:23:30,589 --> 01:23:34,593
<i>I just wasn't able
to generate the speed.</i>

1376
01:23:35,594 --> 01:23:37,053
<i>He's not even
gonna run for this.</i>

1377
01:23:37,054 --> 01:23:39,222
<i>He's feeling it
right now, Djokovic.</i>

1378
01:23:39,223 --> 01:23:40,974
<i>Yeah,
not at 40-Love, for sure.</i>

1379
01:23:40,975 --> 01:23:43,351
<i>Saving the energy
for this tiebreak.</i>

1380
01:23:43,352 --> 01:23:44,437
It just wasn't working.

1381
01:23:48,107 --> 01:23:50,942
<i>Game, set.</i>

1382
01:23:50,943 --> 01:23:53,194
<i>Flubs the volley.</i>

1383
01:23:55,865 --> 01:23:57,323
<i>This is a handshake.</i>

1384
01:23:57,324 --> 01:23:59,033
-  <i>It's over.
- It's a handshake.</i>

1385
01:23:59,034 --> 01:24:00,660
<i>I remember turning
to someone and saying,</i>

1386
01:24:00,661 --> 01:24:02,037
like, wait, is he quitting?

1387
01:24:05,458 --> 01:24:07,083
<i>Yeah, it became
completely apparent</i>

1388
01:24:07,084 --> 01:24:09,211
<i>that he was done
after one set.</i>

1389
01:24:14,884 --> 01:24:16,342
<i>The crowd
is absolutely stunned.</i>

1390
01:24:16,343 --> 01:24:17,594
<i>Stunned.</i>

1391
01:24:17,595 --> 01:24:19,179
<i>He came forward to shake hands,</i>

1392
01:24:19,180 --> 01:24:20,680
<i>- and this is disappointing.</i>
-  <i>Well, yeah.</i>

1393
01:24:20,681 --> 01:24:22,516
<i>The drive
for 25 ends right here.</i>

1394
01:24:23,768 --> 01:24:27,104
It's not just a match,
how much he invests.

1395
01:24:28,189 --> 01:24:29,939
<i>And that investment
is not something</i>

1396
01:24:29,940 --> 01:24:32,025
<i>that people, they can see.</i>

1397
01:24:34,153 --> 01:24:36,321
<i>This is-- this hurts all of us</i>

1398
01:24:36,322 --> 01:24:37,906
<i>to see him go out like this.</i>

1399
01:24:41,118 --> 01:24:42,494
<i>I can't believe
people are booing.</i>

1400
01:24:42,495 --> 01:24:44,079
<i>That's just horrendous.</i>

1401
01:24:49,126 --> 01:24:50,461
I was shocked.

1402
01:24:51,962 --> 01:24:53,755
<i>Guy has poured
everything he's got</i>

1403
01:24:53,756 --> 01:24:55,298
<i>- into this sport...</i>
-  <i>Yep. Yep.</i>

1404
01:24:55,299 --> 01:24:57,091
<i>...winning ten previous titles.</i>

1405
01:25:02,389 --> 01:25:05,266
<i>It's very sad
to see that from a crowd.</i>

1406
01:25:05,267 --> 01:25:06,601
Do you think

1407
01:25:06,602 --> 01:25:07,769
that it bothers him?

1408
01:25:07,770 --> 01:25:10,105
Of course. Of course.

1409
01:25:11,398 --> 01:25:12,608
<i>He's human.</i>

1410
01:25:17,988 --> 01:25:20,156
<i>I felt the bitterness</i>

1411
01:25:20,157 --> 01:25:22,408
<i>when I was exiting the court</i>

1412
01:25:22,409 --> 01:25:25,036
with that atmosphere
and people booing.

1413
01:25:25,037 --> 01:25:27,081
But it is what it is.

1414
01:25:30,709 --> 01:25:32,961
<i>In some way,
I understand that people,</i>

1415
01:25:32,962 --> 01:25:34,754
<i>they want a match,
they paid tickets,</i>

1416
01:25:34,755 --> 01:25:36,756
<i>they wanna come and, you know,
they want to see you perform.</i>

1417
01:25:36,757 --> 01:25:37,883
<i>I get it.</i>

1418
01:25:39,718 --> 01:25:41,679
I know in my heart that...

1419
01:25:43,681 --> 01:25:47,016
...you know, if I am able to
leave it all out on the court,

1420
01:25:47,017 --> 01:25:50,312
particularly at age 37,
semifinals of a Grand Slam...

1421
01:25:51,230 --> 01:25:53,565
I will do it because it
might be my last semifinals

1422
01:25:53,566 --> 01:25:54,775
in my career, I don't know.

1423
01:25:56,485 --> 01:25:58,319
Is there a chance
that this might be

1424
01:25:58,320 --> 01:25:59,864
your last Australian Open?

1425
01:26:01,282 --> 01:26:02,699
I don't know.

1426
01:26:02,700 --> 01:26:04,284
There is a chance.
Who knows?

1427
01:26:04,285 --> 01:26:07,704
<i>If I feel like
it's not possible</i>

1428
01:26:07,705 --> 01:26:09,706
<i>for me to do what I do</i>

1429
01:26:09,707 --> 01:26:12,250
<i>and on the level
that is necessary</i>

1430
01:26:12,251 --> 01:26:14,419
to be able to play
five sets potentially,

1431
01:26:14,420 --> 01:26:16,504
then I'm not gonna do it.

1432
01:26:16,505 --> 01:26:19,257
As simple as that,
and I don't expect

1433
01:26:19,258 --> 01:26:20,968
all the people
to understand that.

1434
01:26:24,054 --> 01:26:26,139
<i>The negative quotient
that he has,</i>

1435
01:26:26,140 --> 01:26:28,474
<i>I've never seen it that high</i>

1436
01:26:28,475 --> 01:26:30,060
<i>for a player
of his accomplishments.</i>

1437
01:26:31,061 --> 01:26:34,772
A 24-time Grand Slam champion
get booed in a major?

1438
01:26:34,773 --> 01:26:36,609
When he's obviously injured?

1439
01:26:43,449 --> 01:26:46,367
<i>Most times the public
turns towards you</i>

1440
01:26:46,368 --> 01:26:47,911
<i>when you're at the end,</i>

1441
01:26:47,912 --> 01:26:49,622
because they respect
what you did.

1442
01:26:50,789 --> 01:26:52,332
And then, he gets booed?

1443
01:27:02,968 --> 01:27:05,304
<i>He carries that burden
that he's never enough.</i>

1444
01:27:06,722 --> 01:27:09,350
No matter how much he does,
it will never be enough.

1445
01:27:13,395 --> 01:27:16,272
<i>Tennis is a fulfilling place
for him.</i>

1446
01:27:16,273 --> 01:27:17,983
<i>It's a place where he feels...</i>

1447
01:27:19,985 --> 01:27:21,153
he feels worthy.

1448
01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:27,533
<i>The curse of achieving
every possible achievement</i>

1449
01:27:27,534 --> 01:27:29,118
<i>that you could in our sport</i>

1450
01:27:29,119 --> 01:27:32,163
<i>is that anything less than that</i>

1451
01:27:32,164 --> 01:27:33,707
<i>is not good enough.</i>

1452
01:27:35,376 --> 01:27:38,461
The feeling of not good enough
has been with me

1453
01:27:38,462 --> 01:27:40,255
for a very long time,
it's still with me.

1454
01:27:42,841 --> 01:27:45,468
<i>Others might try to fool me
by saying,</i>

1455
01:27:45,469 --> 01:27:47,595
<i>"Hey, you had a great
Australian Open.</i>

1456
01:27:47,596 --> 01:27:50,139
<i>"You played semis.
You beat Alcaraz,</i>

1457
01:27:50,140 --> 01:27:51,641
<i>"one of the best players
in the world,</i>

1458
01:27:51,642 --> 01:27:53,518
<i>and you played great, amazing."</i>

1459
01:27:53,519 --> 01:27:54,937
<i>Yeah, yeah, but...</i>

1460
01:27:55,938 --> 01:27:56,939
not good enough.

1461
01:27:59,942 --> 01:28:04,278
<i>If Novak Djokovic
won 15 majors,</i>

1462
01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:05,406
the crowd would love him.

1463
01:28:07,449 --> 01:28:08,783
<i>Because that would mean</i>

1464
01:28:08,784 --> 01:28:11,828
<i>he was one of the all-time
great champions,</i>

1465
01:28:11,829 --> 01:28:13,539
but he didn't threaten
Roger and Rafa.

1466
01:28:18,043 --> 01:28:20,586
<i>People would love Novak more</i>

1467
01:28:20,587 --> 01:28:22,006
<i>if he didn't threaten
the order.</i>

1468
01:28:23,007 --> 01:28:27,594
But to have Novak
not threaten the order...

1469
01:28:28,846 --> 01:28:30,931
<i>is to not have Novak Djokovic.</i>

1470
01:28:33,434 --> 01:28:35,853
<i>He's here to threaten
the order.</i>

1471
01:28:39,189 --> 01:28:41,692
<i>He still has
something to prove.</i>

1472
01:28:43,610 --> 01:28:46,947
<i>He's gotten to the point where
he's breaking his own records.</i>

1473
01:28:50,576 --> 01:28:52,161
<i>You're battling yourself.</i>

1474
01:28:53,328 --> 01:28:56,540
How do you know when it's
a good time to stop doing that?

1475
01:28:57,875 --> 01:29:00,835
<i>I truly feel still young.</i>

1476
01:29:00,836 --> 01:29:03,671
<i>I don't know when
I'm going to finish my career.</i>

1477
01:29:03,672 --> 01:29:05,965
It might be one year

1478
01:29:05,966 --> 01:29:08,302
or it might be another 15 years.
I don't know.

1479
01:29:13,557 --> 01:29:16,060
<i>As long as I have the drive...</i>

1480
01:29:17,686 --> 01:29:19,438
<i>the passion...</i>

1481
01:29:20,439 --> 01:29:24,233
<i>and most of all, as long
as I feel I can win tournaments</i>

1482
01:29:24,234 --> 01:29:27,153
and I can be one of the best
players in the world,

1483
01:29:27,154 --> 01:29:28,613
I want to keep going.

1484
01:29:35,996 --> 01:29:37,998
The number-one doubter is here.

1485
01:29:39,291 --> 01:29:40,667
I'm the number-one doubter...

1486
01:29:41,710 --> 01:29:43,336
and I'm trying
to prove myself wrong

1487
01:29:43,337 --> 01:29:44,629
more than anybody else.

1488
01:29:56,850 --> 01:30:00,479
Nole! Nole! Nole! Nole!

1489
01:30:02,356 --> 01:30:06,651
<i>Djokovic, big underdog tonight.</i>

1490
01:30:06,652 --> 01:30:09,362
Nole! Nole! Nole!

1491
01:30:13,992 --> 01:30:16,829
Nole! Nole! Nole!

1492
01:30:18,163 --> 01:30:20,540
<i>Oh, it's insane!</i>

1493
01:30:20,541 --> 01:30:24,127
<i>The ten-time
Australian Open champion</i>

1494
01:30:24,128 --> 01:30:26,130
<i>digs deep at age 38.</i>

1495
01:30:27,381 --> 01:30:30,050
Nole! Nole! Nole!

1496
01:30:36,223 --> 01:30:37,765
-  Out!
-  <i>He's done it!</i>

1497
01:30:39,852 --> 01:30:43,647
<i>Novak Djokovic
rolls back the years.</i>

1498
01:30:45,065 --> 01:30:46,650
<i>Dethroned Sinner.</i>

1499
01:30:48,443 --> 01:30:50,778
<i>You guys have been
incredible tonight,</i>

1500
01:30:50,779 --> 01:30:53,906
<i>honestly incredible.</i>

1501
01:30:53,907 --> 01:30:55,449
I love our passionate
relationship.

1502
01:30:55,450 --> 01:30:57,118
Every year is something
different, you know?

1503
01:31:00,122 --> 01:31:02,748
I think you guys got your value
for the ticket today,

1504
01:31:02,749 --> 01:31:04,250
that's for sure.

1505
01:31:04,251 --> 01:31:05,459
That's for sure.

1506
01:31:05,460 --> 01:31:07,336
Thank you from the bottom
of my heart.

1507
01:31:07,337 --> 01:31:08,589
Thank you.

1508
01:31:12,342 --> 01:31:15,846
Nole! Nole! Nole! Nole!

1509
01:31:23,395 --> 01:31:26,439
Nole! Nole! Nole! Nole!

1510
01:31:26,440 --> 01:31:31,819
Nole! Nole! Nole!
Nole! Nole! Nole!




